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BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE WRITINGS OF

JOSEPH CONRAD'

•<1895-1920)

THOMAS J. WISE

LONDON :

PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY

By Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd.

1920

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• •••••• •••»••

Of this Book

One Hundred and Fifty Copies Only

HAVE been Printed.

4 3 72 T 2

JOSEPH CONRAD KORZENIOWSKI -
(Joseph Conrad)

Born in Ukraine, Southern Poland, on December 6fh, 1857.

PREFACE

The time has not yet come, fortunately, to attempt an exhaustive
Bibliography of the writings of Joseph Conrad. But the present
work is complete within its scope, is certainly accurate, and will
satisfy the collector of first editions, if not the student of textual
changes. No excuse is required for such a volume. Not only
are the books of Joseph Conrad collected more and more at ever-
increasing prices, but the bibliography of these books is itself
somewhat complicated and offers many pitfalls. It is, for instance,
doubtful whether many collectors are aware that the first editions
of The Inheritors, of Typhoon (the one story alone), of Victory,
of The Arrow of Gold, and of The Rescue are the American editions ;
and even the keenest collectors are probably unaware of the fact
that the first edition of The Nigger of the " Narcissus " is a pamphlet
issued only for the protection of copyright. It is also doubtful
whether many have grasped the various ' points ' that denote the
first issues of the first editions of several of Conrad's books, or are
acquainted with the long series of privately-printed pamphlets
that add so much interest to the bibliography of his writings, and
impart zest to the collecting of his works. The exposure of the
fraudulent reproduction of the ' 191 3 ' title-page of the first edition
of Chance would alone justify — were any justification needed — ^the
expenditure of time and effort the preparation of the book has
entailed.

In planning the Bibliography the scheme adopted has been to

X PREFACE

describe in full every First Edition, whether it be English or
American. Further to describe in full every First English Edition ;
and finally to mention the publisher's name and the date of publica-
tion of every volume, not an actual princeps, as it first appeared
in America. The average collector will probably be content to
possess a set of the First English Editions; but the advanced col-
lector will certainly endeavour to acquire both the English and the
American First Editions of every book. Not only are some of the
American editions, as has been said, the actual First Editions ; not
only were some of them published under different names, thereby
giving them a distinct importance of their own ; but in nearly every,
if not in every, instance, the texts of the two editions differ consider-
ably. Many of Conrad's books may, in fact, be studied profitably in
three published states : (i) the serial state (England and America),
(2) the partly-revised state from the serial (America), and (3) the
finally-revised state (England). By far the larger portion of
Conrad's writings made their first appearance serially in both
continents; and, perhaps more than when dealing with the work
of any other author, the enthusiastic collector should aim at adding
to his set of the books a series of the magazines and papers in which
the various sections of it originally appeared. A collation of the
text of such a set with that of the published volumes would yield
very remarkable results. This may be seen at a glance, for example,
by any one who will take the trouble to read his latest novel. The
Rescue, as printed in Land and Water, and compare it with the
English edition in its final book form. Further, when issued
serially, many of Conrad's novels and stories were illustrated by
well-known artists. But few of these illustrations were reproduced
in the subsequent published volumes.

The first appearance of every piece originally issued in serial form
has been noted, and an effort has been made to trace every

PREFACE xi

uncollected contribution to periodical literature. It cannot, how-
ever, be hoped that this latter section of the work is absolutely
complete, and further information upon this point would be
welcome, particularly in respect of letters printed in the public
Press, the ultimate aim being to place upon record the earliest
printing either in England or in the United States of America
of everythirg written by Joseph Conrad.

The manuscripts of some of Conrad's works are now in America.
Others have been preserved in England, and the reproduction of
some typical holograph pages, together with the title-pages of some
of the rarer books and pamphlets, adds undoubtedly to the value
of the present bibliography.

I must express the gratitude I feel to my friend Richard Curie
for the generous aid he has so willingly accorded me in the pre-
paration of this book. The bibliography has been largely based
upon the important collection of the first and other editions of
Conrad's writings in Mr. Curie's possession, supplemented by my
own very representative gathering. But without unrestricted
access to Mr. Curie's collection such a record as is here shown would
have been practically impossible of production. The heartiest
thanks are also due to Mr. Conrad himself for the courtesy and
ready kindness he has accorded me by replying — frequently at
considerable personal discomfort — to whatever question I asked
him in relation to the story of his books.

Finally I have to acknowledge the courtesy of Mr. G. E. Webster,
of Messrs. Methuen & Co., Ltd., and Mr. J. M. Dent, of Messrs. J. M.
Dent & Sons, Ltd. Both gentlemen were good enough to afford me
information, not otherwise obtainable, regarding two of the books
{Chance and The Rescue) published by their respective firms. With
their usual kindness Messrs. Maggs Bros., of 34 Conduit St., W.,
lent me certain volumes I desired to consult.

xii PREFACE

But after all the bibliography is necessarily tentative, and it is
my intention to reprint it in an enlarged form so soon as sufficient
material has been accumulated. Hence any additional information
that may be sent to me will be warmly welcomed.

Thomas J. Wise.
25 Heath Drive^

Hampstead, N.W.

CONTENTS

PAGE

Preface ix

PART L— EDITIONES PRINCIPES

Almayer's Folly, 1895 3

An Outcast of the Islands, 1896 ..... 4

The Nigger of the " Narcissus/' 1897 .... 5

The Children of the Sea, 1897 6

The Nigger of the " Narcissus/' 1898 .... 9

Tales of Unrest, 1898 10

Lord Jim, 1900 12

The Inheritors, 1901 15

Youth, 1902 18

Typhoon, 1902 20

Preface to the Nigger of the "Narcissus," 1902. . 23

Typhoon and other Stories, 1903 24

Folk, 1903 25

Romance, 1903 . . . .* 26

NosTROMO, 1904 . 28

The Mirror of the Sea, 1906 31

LondorCs River, 1919 33

xiii

xiv CONTENTS

PAGB

The Secret Agent^ 1907 34

A Set of Six, 1908 -35

The Point of Honor, 1908 . . . . . ' . . 36

Under Western Eyes, 191 i 37

Some Reminiscences [A Personal Record], 1912 . . 38

'Twixt Land and Sea, 1912 39

Chance, 1913 41

Within the Tides, 1915 50

Victory, 1915 51

One Day More, 1917 53

The Shadow-Line, 191 7 55

" Well Done !" 1918 57

The First News, 1918 .58

The Tale, 1919 59

The Shock of War, 1919 .60

To Poland in War-time, 191 9 61

The North Sea on the Eve of War, 1919 . . . 62

My Return to Cracow, 1919 • - 6^

Tradition, 1919 - - 63

The Polish Question, 1919 64

Some Reflexions on the Loss of the " Titanic," 1919 . 65

Some Aspects of the Inquiry into the Loss of the

"Titanic," 1919 66

The Arrow of Gold, 1919 67

Autocracy and War, 1919 72

Guy de Maupassant, 1919 72

CONTENTS XV

PAGE

Henry James, 1919 . 75

Anatole France, 1919 76

Tales of the Sea, 1919 77

The Lesson of the Collision, 19 19 78

An Observer in Malay, 1920 81

Books, 1920 82

Alphonse Daudet, 1920 82

Prince Roman, 1920 83

The Warrior's Soul, 1920 84

Confidence, 1920 85

Anatole France. " L'Ile de Pingouins," 1920 . . 86

The Rescue, 1920 . 87

PART II

Uncollected contributions to Periodical Literature 95

PART III

CoNRADiANA. Complete volumes of Biography and Criticism 103

PART I
EDITIONES PRINCIPES, Etc.

(I)
[Almayer's Folly: 1895]

Almayer's Folly / A Story of an / Eastern River /

By / Joseph Conrad / Q2n de nous na eu sa terre j

promise, son jour d'extase et j safin en exil? — Amiel /

London / T. Fisher Unwin / Paternoster Square /

MDCCCXCV.

Collation : — Crown octavo, p. 272 ; consisting of Half-title
(with a series of advertisements upon the reverse),
pp. I — 2 ; Title-page and Dedication (each with
blank reverse), pp. 3 — 6; and Text, pp. 7 — 272,
with imprint at the foot of the last page.

Issued in dark green cloth boards, gilt top, remaining
edges untrimmed, and lettered in gold across the back.
The published price was Six Shillings.

Almayer's Folly was first reprinted in America by Messrs.
Macmillan & Co. , in 1895.

Mr. Conrad has stated that the novel was commenced in the
spring of 1889^ and finished in 1894. The work was not published

4 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

serially, but made its first appearance in the pages of the present
volume.

It is clear that ex-library copies of Almayer's Folly in damaged
or worn-out bindings have recently been made attractive and
marketable by the apparently simple process of re-casing them in
cloth as nearly as possible uniform with the original covers. To
express in words the features by which such rejuvenated examples
may be identified is by no means easy, and a prospective buyer
should look carefully for any sign of re-sewing or other manipulation
before completing his purchase. One can only say that in the
earliest copies there is a brownish tinge in the green of the binding,
whilst in later (but quite genuine) copies the green predominates,
and sometimes has a bluish tinge. But when the binding looks
very green and new, and the gold lettering is coarsely executed,
the book is probably a re-cased one, and is undesirable from the
point of view of the discriminating collector.

The above remark applies also to An Outcast of the Islands and
Tales of Unrest.

(2)

[An Outcast of the Islands: 1896]

An Outcast of / The Islands / By / Joseph Conrad /
Author of "Almayer's Folly" / Pii^es el delito
mayor / Del honibre es haber nacito j Calderon /
London / T. Fisher Unwln / Paternoster Square /

MDCCCXCVI.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vi + 391 ; consisting of
Half-title (with a series of advertisements upon the
reverse) pp. i — ii; Title-page (with All rights
reserved at the foot of the reverse) pp. iii — iv;

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 5

Dedication (with blank reverse) pp. v — ^vi; and
Text pp. I — 391, with imprint upon the reverse
of the last page. Each of the five Parts into which
the book is divided is preceded by an individual
fly-title, with blank reverse, which is included
in the pagination. The first leaf of the half-sheet
with which the volume commences carries an
advertisement of Almayer's Folly upon the reverse.

Issued in dark green cloth boards, gilt top, remaining
edges unt rimmed, and lettered in gold across the back.
The published price was Six ShilHngs.

In a copy of the First Edition of An Outcast of the Islands
Mr. Conrad has written :

" Before beginning this book I hesitated whether I should go on
writing or not. Edward Garnett's remark ' you have the temperament,
you have the style — why not write ? ' tipped the scale. ''^

The First American Edition oi An Outcast of the Islands was
published, both in cloth boards and in paper wrappers, by Messrs,
D. Appleton & Co., 1896.

(3)
[The Nigger of the ''Narcissus": 1897]

The Nigger / of the / " Narcissus." / A Tale of the
Forecastle. / By / Joseph Conrad. / London : /
William Heinemann, / 21, Bedford Street, W.C. /
1897. / [All Rights Reserved.]

Collation : — Royal octavo, p. 120 ; consisting of Title-page,
as above (with blank reverse), pp. i — 2 ; and Text
of the Tale pp. 3 — 120.

6 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

Issued in pale-grey paper wrappers, with trimmed edges,
and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. It
may be recorded upon the authority of the publishers
that Seven Copies only were printed. One of these is
preserved in the Library of the British Museum. The
Press-mark is C. 58 g. 16.

The pamphlet described above was struck off from the types set
up for The New Review for the months of August-December 1897
(where the novel appeared in serial form)^ and was issued in London
in September of that year, the object being to secure the English
copyright. The first edition of the work in its regular book form
was published in America in 1897, but the novel did not make a
similar appearance in this country until the following year, 1898.

(4)
[First published Edition)

The / Children of the Sea / A Tale of the Fore-
castle I '^Y I Joseph Conrad / Author of ''Al-
mayer's Folly," ''An Outcast / of the Island" /
New York / Dodd, Mead and Company / 1897.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. iv + 217 ; consisting of
Half-title (with blank reverse) pp. i — ^ii; Title-
page (with a notice regarding the Copyright, and
imprint of the University Press, upon the reverse)
pp. iii — iv ; and Text pp. ' i — 217. The reverse
of p. 217 is blank. The last leaf of the final sheet
of the book (Sig. 14) is a blank. The title is
enclosed v^dthin a plain rectangular double-ruled
frame.

The

Children of the Sea

A Tale of the Forecastle

Joseph Conrad

Author of "Almayer's Folly," "An Outcast
of the Island"

New York

Dodd, Mead and Company
1897

Reduced facsimile of the title-page of the First Edition of
The Children of the Sea.

The

Nigger of the "Narcissus"

A Tale of the Sea

Joseph Conrad

•• . . . My Lord in his discourse discovered a great deal of
. love to this ship." — Diary of Samuel Pe/^s

London

William Heinemann

1898

ED I TI ONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 9

Issued in light blue-grey cloth boards, with trimmed
edges, and lettered in gold across the back. Also lettered
in gold, and decorated in colour, upon the front cover.
The pubHshed price was One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents.

Mr. Conrad has recorded that the title The Children of the Sea
was adopted " in deference to American prejudices." In later
American editions, published by Messrs.. Doubleday, Page & Co.,
from 1 9 14 onwards, this title was dropped, and that of the English
edition adopted in its stead. To these later editions was added
the suppressed Preface, together with the two-page introductory
note addressed to American readers. — [See post, No. 9.]

(5)
{First English Edition)

The / Nigger of the '' Narcissus " / A Tale of the
Sea I By / Joseph Conrad / ''My Lord in his
discourse discovered a great deal of j love to this
ship.'' — Diary of Samuel Pepys / London / WilHam
Heinemann / 1898.

Collation :— Crown octavo, pp. vi -f- 259 ; consisting of
Half-title (with a series of advertisements upon
the reverse) pp. i — ^ii; Title-page and Dedication
(each with blank reverse) pp. iii — vi; and Text
pp. I — 259, with imprint at the foot of the last
page. The reverse of p. 259 is blank. The first
leaf of the unsigned half-sheet with which the book
begins is a blank. At the end of the volume are
four pages of Advertisements which, though not

lo BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

forming a portion of the last sheet, signature R,
are printed upon uniform paper registered S.

Issued in dark slate-coloured cloth boards, lettered in
gold across the back. The title, incorporated in the
design of a life-buoy, is also impressed in gold upon the
front cover. The published price was Six ShilHngs.
Copies first made up by the binders have inserted at the
end a sixteen-page list of Mr. Heinemann's Autumn
Announcements, dated 1898 in Roman characters;
for those made up later this list was discarded, and
replaced by a thirty-two page list of ordinary publisher's
advertisements.

Early copies may also be identified by the types employed for
the name Heinemann at the foot of the back; these are large
capitals, the initial letter being larger still. Later copies have this
word in smaller capitals, the whole of the letters being of uniform
size.

For The Nigger of the " Narcissus " Mr. Conrad furnished a
Preface which accompanied the work in The New Review, but was
suppressed when the novel appeared subsequently in volume form.
In 1902 this Preface was printed privately in pamphlet form in
an edition of One Hundred copies. — [See post, No. 9.]

(6)

[Tales of Unrest: 1898]

Tales of / Unrest / By / Joseph Conrad / Author
of *' Outcast of the Islands," / ''Almayer's Folly,"
Etc / ''Be it thy course to busy giddy minds / With
foreign quarrels!' j Shakespeare. / London / T.
Fisher Unwin / Paternoster Square / 1898.

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. ii

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. viii + 297 ; consisting of
Half-title (with a series of advertisements upon
the reverse) pp. i — ^ii; Title-page (with All rights
reserved upon the foot of the reverse) pp. iii — ^iv;
Dedication and Table of Contents (each with blank
reverse) pp. v — viii ; and Text pp. i — 297. Upon
the reverse of the last page is the imprint of The
Gresham Press. At the close of the volume are
fourteen pages of advertisements, the first six of
which occupy the last three leaves of the last
sheet (Sig. U) of the novel.

Issued in dark green cloth boards, with unt rimmed edges,
and lettered in gold across the back. The pubUshed price
was Six ShilUngs. The majority of copies were issued with
the edges cut and gilt.

Upon the fly-leaf of a copy of the First Edition of Tales of Unrest
Mr. Conrad has written the following interesting statement :

" This volume contains the first set of short stories I ever wrote.
The ' Lagoon ' is the earliest, and ' Karain ' the latest, 1895-189 7.

" The * Outpost of Progress ' and ' The Idiots ' were written in
Brittany during our honeymoon. My first work as a married man.

" With the exception of ' The -Return' they were all serialised;
' Karain ' beginning my connection with Blackwood's Magazine.
The ' Lagoon ' was my only contribution to ' The CornhilL' The
* Outpost of Progress ' appeared in the early numbers of ' Cosmopolis '
(English text). Arthur Symons accepted ' The Idiots ' for ' The
Savoy,' where the story came out in the last published number."

The first American edition of Tales of Unrest was published by
Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons in 1898.

In 1920 one of the stories {The Idiots) included in Tales of Unrest
was published by Messrs. George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., in a
foolscap octavo volume accompanied by a translation into French.

12 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

The original English text was imposed upon the recto of each leaf,
the French version appearing upon the opposite verso.
The Tales collected into this volume are five in number : —

Karain : A Memory .......

Previously printed in Blackwood's Magazine, November
1897.
The Idiots . . .

Previously printed in The Savoy, October 1896.

An Outpost of Progress

Previously printed in Cosmopolis, June and July 1897.

The Return

Here first printed.

The Lagoon

Previously printed in The Cornhill Magazine, January 1S97.

*5^* The Lagoon, Mr. Conrad has stated, is the first short story he
ever wrote.

(7)
[Lord Jim : 1900]

Lord Jim / A Tale / By / Joseph Conrad / ''It is
certain my Conviction gains injiftitely, / the 7noment
another soul will believe in itT / Novalis. / William
Blackwood and Sons / Edinburgh and London /
MDCCCC / All Rights reserved.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vi + 451 ; consisting of
Half-title (with an advertisement of Conrad's
four preceding works upon the reverse) pp. i — ^ii ;
Title-page (with a line regarding the original
appearance of the story upon the reverse) pp. iii —

/^^'t't—— e^t ^ .

cyL--LM

^ i

(</*

A4^ucia 0um ^ -^^Jcnu^L^jajJU^^i^ tn 'Uy(^-^c^.<-iCiuu^c 'J tile

A reduced facsimile of a page of the MS. of Lcvd Jim.

LORD JIM

^ STaU

JOSEPH CONRAD

• ' It is certain my Conviction gains infinitely^
the moment another soul will believe in it."

— NOVAHS.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

M D C C C C

All Pichts reurvtd

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 15

iv; Dedication (with blank reverse) pp. v— vi;
and Text pp. i — 451, with imprint at the foot of
the last page. The reverse of p. 451 is blank.

Issued in grey-green cloth boards, lettered in gold across
the back, and in black upon the front cover. The
published price was Six Shilhngs.

The first American Edition of Lord Jim was published by Messrs.
Doubleday, McClure & Co., in 1900. Upon the fly-leaf of a copy
of this edition Mr. Conrad wrote the following note : —

" This is the first American edition, set up probably from English
proofs, but neither revised nor in any other way corrected by me. It
is probably much nearer the text of Blackwood'' s Magazine than the
first English Edition in book form.' ^

To a reprint of Lord Jim published by Messrs. J. M. Dent &
Sons, Ltd., in 19 1 7, a new Author's Note, extending to three pages,
was added by way of Preface.

The novel first appeared as a serial in Blackwood' s Magazine
from October 1899 to November 1900 inclusive.

(8)
[The Inheritors : 1901]

The / Inheritors / An Extravagant Story / By /
Joseph Conrad / & / Ford M. Hueffer / '' Sar-
danapahts builded seven cities in a day. / Let its eat,
drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die'' / McCIure,
Phillips & Co. / New York / mcmi.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vi + 324 ; consisting of
Half-title (with blank reverse) pp. i — ^ii; Title-

i6 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

page (with Copyright notice and imprint upon the
reverse) pp. iii — ^iv ; Dedication (with blank reverse)
pp. V — vi; and Text pp. i — 324. There is no
imprint at the foot of the last page. The first
leaf of the unsigned half-sheet with which the
book commences is a blank. Thirty-two pages of
publisher's advertisements are inserted at the end
of the volume.

Issued in pale yellow cloth boards, lettered in black across
the back. Also lettered upon the front cover, the title
and authors' names being incorporated in a large design
(printed in red, black and gold) illustrating an incident
in the text. The published price was One Dollar Fifty
Cents.

A few copies of this edition (the publisher thinks there were
seven) were issued in London by William Heinemann. These have
the words London, / William Heinemann added at the foot of the
title-page by means of an ordinary indiarubber stamp. An
example is in the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 59 ff. t8.

Upon the fly-leaf of a copy of the First Edition of The Inheritors
Mr. Conrad has written the following note : —

" This is a copy of the first American edition, which was before the
English edition ; the imprint of Heinemann being merely stamped
for publication purposes."

The Inheritors made its first appearance in the pages of the
present volume. The novel was never serialised.

ETC,

(9)

{First English Edition : 1 90 1 )

The Inheritors / An Extravagant Story / By /
Joseph Conrad / and / Ford M. Hueffer / '* Sardana-
palus builded seven cities in a day. j Let us eat, drink
and sleeps for to-morrow we die " / London : /
William Heinemann / 1901.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. iv + 324 ; consisting
of Half-title (with a series of publisher's adver-
tisements upon the reverse) pp. i — ^ii ; Title-
page (with a note regarding the copyright upon
the reverse) pp. iii — ^iv; and Text pp. i — 324,
with imprint at the foot of the last page. A thirty-
two page list of the publisher's advertisements
is inserted at the end of the volume.

Issued in bright yellow cloth boards, lettered and orna-
mented in black upon both the back and the front cover.
The edges were left untrimmed. The published price
was Six Shillings. A number of copies were put into
* remainder,' and these were issued in bright yellow
cloth boards lettered in black across the back, but without
the design upon the front, and with trimmed edges.
There were no publisher's advertisements.

Regarding The Inheritors, Mr. Conrad has remarked : —

" My share in this work is very small so far as actual writing goes.

But it had been the cause of long and heated discussions, lasting well

into many nights.'"

18 BIBUOGRAPHY OF CONRAD,

(10)

[Youth : 1902]

Youth : A Narrative / And / Two other Stories /
By /Joseph Conrad / ''But the Dwarf anszvered:
No ; somethifig / human is dearer to me than the
ivealth of all the / worlds — Grimm's Tales. /
William Blackwood and Sons / Edinburgh and
London / mcmii / All Rights reserved.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. viii + 375 ; consisting of
Half-title (with a list of the six previous books
upon the reverse) pp. i — ii; Title-page, Dedica-
tion, and Table of Contents (eacli with blank
reverse) pp. iii — viii; and Text pp. i — 375, with
imprint at the foot of the last page. The reverse
^f P- 375 is blank. Each of the three stories
comprising the volume (Youth, Heart of Darkness,
and The End of the Tether) is preceded by an
individual fly-title (with blank reverse) which
is included in the pagination. Thirty-two pages
of publisher's advertisements were inserted at the
end of the volume.

./^^ Issued in pale green cloth boards, lettered and decorated
in gold and black, both across the back and upon the
front cover. The published price was Six Shillings.

Regarding Uiis volume Mr. Conrad has furnished the following
notes : —

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 19

" ' Youth ' and * Heart of Darkness ' are the first short stories of
mine which attracted attention to my work in a wider sphere. Most
critics dismissed * The End of the Tether ' either with contempt or
with a few cursory remarks.

" The first and second stories are autobiographical, the idea emerging
from the narrative. The third story was suggested to me by the fate
of a man I knew."

The first American Edition of Youth, etc., was published by
Messrs. McClure, PhilHps & Co., in 1903. It was, Mr. Conrad
has noted, '' printed from unrevised proofs, and is probably much
nearer the Maga text than the first English edition."

To an edition of Youth, etc., published by Messrs. J. M. Dent &
Sons, Ltd., in 1917, Mr. Conrad added byway of Preface an Author's
Note extending to four pages.

The three stories composing this volume originally appeared
serially as follows : —

Youth

First printed in Blackwood's Magazine, September 1898.

Heart of Darkness

First printed in Blackwood's Magazine, February, March
and April 1899, under the tentative title The Heart
of Darkness.

The End of the Tether

First printed in Blackwood's Magazine, from July to
December inclusive, 1902.

20 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD. {

(II)

[Typhoon : 1902]

Typhoon / By / Joseph Conrad / Author of " Children
of the Sea" / ''Lord Jim," etc. j [Printer s orna-
ment] I Illustrated by / Maurice Greiffenhagen /
G. P. Putnam's Sons / New York and London /
The Knickerbocker Press / 1902.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vi + 205 ; consisting of
Half-title (with the publishers' device upon the
reverse) pp. i — ^ii; Title-page (with Copyright
notice and imprint upon the reverse) pp. iii — ^iv;
List of Illustrations (with blank reverse) pp. v — vi ;
and Text pp. i — 205. The reverse of p. 205 is
blank. Four pages of advertisements, together
with a blank leaf, at the end of the volume form
the last three leaves of the final section, which
consists of ten leaves in place of the usual eight.
The first leaf of the unsigned half -sheet which
commences the volume is blank. The six Illus-
trations are separately printed upon plate paper,
and are not included in the pagination. The
title is imposed within a plain rectangular double-
ruled frame, divided into three compartments.

Issued in dark green cloth boards, with trimmed edges,
lettered in red across the back and upon the front cover.
The published price was One Dollar net.

TYPHOON

JOSEPH CONRAD

AUTHOR OF "CHILDREN OF THE SEA
" LORD JIM," ETC.

Illustrated by
MAURICE GREIFFENHAGEN

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

Cbe "Rnlckerbocftcr pvcds
1902

Facsimile, actual size, of the title-page of the
First Edition of Typhoon.

Typhoon

And Other Stories

Joseph Conrad

Author of
" The Nigger of the * Narcissus/ " &c.

Far as the mariner on highest mast
Can see all around upon the calmed vast,
So wide was Neptune's hall . . .

Keats

London

William Heinemann

1903

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 23

Typhoon was afterwards included in Typhoon and other Stories,
1903, pp. I — 112. The story was meant to be a pendant to
the storm in The Nigger of the " Narcissus,'^ the ship being a steam-
ship. A separate edition of Typhoon was also published in this
country by William Heinemann, but not until 1912. The story
made its first appearance here in the pages of The Pall Mall
Magazine, January-March 1902, with illustrations by Maurice
Greiffenhagen.

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[Preface to the Nigger of the '* Narcissus " :

1902]

The Nigger of the *' Narcissus." / Preface.

Collation : — Demy octavo, pp. 7. The Pamphlet was
issued without any title-page, the title, as above,
being imposed upon the upper portion of the first
page after the manner of a " dropped head."
The text occupies pp. i — 7. The reverse of p. 7
is blank. At the foot of p. 7 is the following
imprint, " Printed hy J. Lovick, High Street, Hythe,
and Cheriton." There are no headlines, the pages
being numbered centrally in Arabic numerals.
There are also no signatures, the pamphlet being
composed of a single half-sheet folded to form
8 pages.

Issued wire-stitched, and without wrappers. The leaves,
which were trimmed, measure 8| x 5j inches.

24 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

Mr. Conrad has stated that this Preface was suppressed when
The Nigger of the " Narcissus " was pubUshed in book form, but
that Henley insisted upon printing it at the close of the novel upon
the appearance of The Nigger in the pages of The New Review.

Of the Preface to The Nigger of the " Narcissus " One Hundred
Copies were printed in 1902, but about forty of these were acciden-
tally destroyed. Messrs. J. Lovick & Sons have been good enough
to examine their books in order to furnish this information.

In April 19 14 the above Preface was reprinted in America in a
small octavo pamphlet entitled : —

Joseph Conrad I on j The Art of Writing / Being a reprinting
of I the original preface to / '^ The Nigger of the Narcissus " / Issued
by Douhleday, Page & Co. for J distribution among those inter- / ested
in English literature.

For this pamphlet Mr. Conrad supplied a short introductory note
of two pages addressed To my Readers in America. The whole of
its contents were added to the editions of The Nigger of the " Nar-
cissus " pubhshed by Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Co. from 1914
onwards.

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[Typhoon and Other Stories: 1903]

Typhoon / And Other Stories / By / Joseph
Conrad / Author of / *'The Nigger of the ' Nar-
cissus,' " &c. / jFar as the mariner on highest mast \
Can see all around upon the calmed vast, j So wide
was Neptune s hall . . . / Keats / [^Publishers
device^ j London / William Heinemann / 1903.

EDITIONES PRINCIPE S, ETC. 25

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vi + 304 ; consisting of
Half-title (with a list of New 6s. Novels upon the
reverse) pp. i — ii; Title-page (with a notice
regarding the Copyright upon the reverse) pp.
iii — ^iv ; Dedication p. v ; Table of Contents p. vi ;
and Text pp. i — 304, with the printers' imprint
at the foot of the last page. The first leaf of
the half-sheet with which the volume commences
is occupied by a series of press notices of The
Nigger of the " Narcissus." Each of the four
stories is preceded by an individual fly-title, with
blank reverse, which is included in the pagination.
Thirty-two pages of publisher's advertisements
were inserted at the end of the volume.

Of the four stories which together comprise the present work
one, Typhoon, had appeared previously in volume form. [See ante,
No. II.]. Of the remaining three, two {Amy Foster and To-morrow)
appeared here for the first time in book form, whilst Falk was
here first printed. In 1903 these three were published together in
America in a volume bearing the following title-page : —

Falk I Amy Foster j To-Morrow / Three Stories j By j Joseph /
Conrad / [Publishers' device] / New York / McClure Phillips / And
Company / MCMIII.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vi + 271.

Issued (subsequent to the publication in England of Typhoon
and Other Stories) in black cloth boards, lettered in gold across

26 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

the back, and with the front cover lettered and ornamented in
* blind ' and gold.

Three of the four stories included in the present volume had
originally appeared in serial form, as follows :

Typhoon

First printed in The Pall Mall Magazine, January to March
1902, with illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen,

Amy Foster

First printed in The Illustrated London News, December
14th, 2 1st and 28th, 1901, with illustrations by Gunning
King.

To-MORROW

First printed in The Pall Mall Magazine, August 1902,
with illustrations by A. S. Hartrick.

To-Morrow was dramatised by Conrad himself and performed
by the Stage Society in 1904. In 191 7 the play (One Day More)
was printed in a slender quarto volume of ii + 56 pages, and
issued for private circulation by Mr. Clement Shorter in an edition
limited to 25 copies. This was followed in 1919 by a public
edition of 274 copies. — [See post, Nos. 26 and 27.]

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[Romance: 1903]

Romance / A Novel / By / Joseph Conrad / and /
Ford Madox Hueffer / London / Smith, Elder
& Co., 15, Waterloo Place / 1903 / (All rights
reserved).

EDIT/ONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 27

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. viii + 463 ; consisting of
Half-title (with an announcement of The Inheritors
upon the reverse) pp. i — ii, Title-page (with
printers' imprint upon the reverse) pp. iii — ^iv;
Dedication and Table of Contents (each with blank
reverse) pp. v — viii; and Text pp. i — 463, with
the imprint repeated at the foot of the last page.
The reverse of p. 463 is blank. Eight pages of
the publishers' advertisements were inserted at
the end of the volume.

Issued in bright blue cloth boards, lettered in gold
across the back, and in white upon the front cover. The
published price was Six Shillings.

The First American Edition was published by Messrs. McClure,
Phillips & Co., in 1904, with 8 Illustrations by Charles R. Macauley.

Regarding Romance Mr. Conrad has written : —

" In this hook I have done my share of writing. Most of the
characters {with the exception of Mrs. Williams, Sebright and the
seamen) were introduced by Hueffer and developed then in my own
way with, of course, Ms consent and collaboration. The last part is,
like the first, the work of Hueffer, except a few portions written by me.
Part Second is actually joint work. Parts 3 and 4 are my writing,
with here and there a sentence by Hueffer J ^

Romance made its first appearance in the pages of the present
volume. The novel was never serialised.

28 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

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[NosTROMO : 1904]

Nostromo / A Tale of the Seaboard / By / Joseph
Conrad / '' So foul a sky clears not without a storms /
Shakespeare. / \Publishers' device] / London and
New York / Harper & Brothers / 45, Albemarle
Street, W. / 1904.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. viii + 480 ; consisting of
Half-title (with advertisements of other Works
by Conrad upon the reverse) pp. i — ^ii ; Title-page,
Dedication, and Table of Contents (each with
blank reverse) pp. iii — viii ; and Text pp. i — 480,
with the printers' imprint at the foot of the last
page.

Issued in bright blue cloth boards, lettered in gold
across the back, and in white upon the front cover. The
published price was Six Shillings.

Regarding Nostromo Mr. Conrad has recorded that it occupied
" Two years of very arduous work " ; and added, " My feelings on
re-reading it can he best expressed in the French saying

Ne fait pas ce tour qui veut.'^

Upon another occasion Mr. Conrad wrote :-^

" This novel was serialised in England in ' T.P.^s Weekly ' to the
great annoyance of its readers, who wrote many letters complaining
of so much space being taken hy utterly unreadable stuff , . . It is now
generally considered as my greatest creative effort I "

-ike tfvo^ MrTfu ^^5 , ^f^, /O^h^j ^^ ^ i^tiac^ ^^ d.'^ .
hJvj .... ^ //// , . ^< -/fe -4^

r^^b ^tr' ^^ v^^: ^

^ — ^ h-r-e^tr

A reduced facsimile of a page of the MS of Nostromo.

NO ST KOMO

A TALE OF THE SEABOARD

JOSEPH CONRAD

' So foul a sky clears not vnthout a Btorm."

SBAKESPEABS.

LONDON AND NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS

45, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1904

EDI TI ONES PRINCIPE S, ETC. 31

This was quite on a par with the story recorded by Charles
Oilier of a purchaser of a copy of Keats's Poems of 181 7, who carried
it back to the publisher and claimed a return of his money, asserting
as a reason for his demand that " the book was little better than a
swindle." A fine copy in original state is now worth £150 !

The First American Edition of Nostromo was pubHshed by Messrs.
Harper & Brothers in November 1904.

In 1918 a new edition was published by Messrs. J. M. Dent &
Sons, Ltd., to which was prefixed an Author's Note extending to
seven pages. In this note Mr. Conrad assured his readers that
Nostromo was " The most anxiously meditated of the longer novels
which belong to the period following upon the publication of the Typhoon
volume of short stories."

Nostromo appeared originally in serial form in T.P.'s Weekly,
where it ran from January 29th to October 7th, inclusive, 1904.

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[The Mirror of the Sea : 1906]

The Mirror of the Sea / Memories and Impressions/
By / Joseph Conrad / ". . . /or this miracle or this
wonder / trouble th me right gretly'' j Boethius de
Con : Phil : B. iv., Prose vi. / Methuen & Co. /
36 Essex Street W.C. / London.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. viii + 306 ; consisting of
Half-title (with a list of Works by Conrad upon
the reverse) pp. i — ^ii; Title-page (with date of
publication — 1906 — ^upon the reverse) pp. iii — ^iv;
Dedication and Table of Contents (each with blank

32 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

reverse) pp. v — ^viii; and Text pp. i — 306. The
last full sheet, Sig. 19 (the register is denoted in
numerals) ends with p. 304. This is followed by
a quarter-sheet, Sig. 20, the first leaf of which
completes the text of the work (pp. 305 — ^306),
whilst the second carries upon the reverse the
printers' imprint, the recto remaining blank.
These two leaves are succeeded by a pubhshers*
Catalogue of forty pages.

Issued in dark green cloth boards, gilt top, remaining
edges untrimmed, and lettered and decorated in gold
across the back. The published price was Five Shillings.

The First American Edition of The Mirror of the Sea was pub-
lished by Messrs. Harper & Brothers in October 1906.

Regarding the book Mr. Conrad has remarked : —

" / have a special feeling for these pages. Twenty best years of
my life went to the making of them. And for the rest I approached
the task in the spirit best expressed by the quotation on the title-page.''^

The text of The Mirror of the Sea comprises forty-six Sections,
numbered in Roman capitals, and grouped under fifteen titles.
The majority of these sections had appeared previously in serial
form, as follows : —

Landfalls and Departures (Sections i — Hi)

Previously printed in The Pall Mall Magazine, January
1905, with illustrations by D. B. Waters.

Emblems of Hope {Sections iv — vi) ....

Previously printed (under the tentative title Up Anchor)
in The Pall Mall Magazine, February 1905.

The Fine Art {Sections vii—ix)

Previously printed (under the tentative title Fine Art) in
The Pall Mall Magazine, April 1905.

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC, 33

Overdue and Missing {Sections xvi — xix)

Previously printed in The Daily Mail in two instalments —
Missing, March 8th, 1904.
Overdue, November i6th, 1904.

The Grip of the Land {Sections xx — xxi)

Previously printed (under the tentative title Stranded) in
The Daily Mail, December 2nd, 1904.

The Character of the Foe {Sections xxii — xxiv) .

Previously printed (under the tentative title Gales of Wind)
in The Pall Mall Magazine, March 1905.

Rulers of East and West {Sections xxv^-xxix)

Previously printed (under the tentative title The Rulers
of East and West) in The Pall Mall Magazine, May and
June 1905.

The Faithful River {Sections xxx — xxxii)

Previously printed (under the tentative title London's River,
the Great Artery of England) in The World's Work,
December 1904.

In April 191 9 this essay was reprinted privately by Mr.
Clement Shorter in a foolscap quarto pamphlet of 19
pages entitled London's River. Twenty-five copies were
produced, all upon hand-made paper. These were put
up in bright red paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges,
and with the title-page reproduced upon the front.

In Captivity {Sections xxxiii — xxxiv) ....
Previously printed (under the tentative title Her Captivity)
in Blackwood's Magazine, September 1905.

Initiation {Sections xxxv — xxxvi) .....
Previously printed in Blackwood's Magazine, January 1906.

34 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD,

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[The Secret Agent : 1907]

The / Secret Agent / A Simple Tale / By / Joseph
Conrad / Methuen & Co. / 36 Essex Street W.C. /
London.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vi + 442 ; consisting of
Half-title (with a list of Works by Conrad upon
the reverse) pp. i — ^ii; Title-page (with date of
publication — 1907 — ^upon the reverse) pp. iii — ^iv ;
Dedication (with blank reverse) pp. v — vi; and
Text pp. I — 442. The first leaf of the first section
of the book (an unregistered half-sheet) is a blank.
The last leaf of the final sheet (Sig. 2 E 6) carries
the printer's imprint upon its recto ; the reverse
is blank. Forty pages of publisher's advertise-
ments, dated September 1907, were inserted at
the end of the volume.

Issued in ruby-red cloth boards, lettered and ornamented
in gold upon the back. The published price was Six
Shillings.

The First American Edition of The Secret Agent was published
by Messrs. Harper & Brothers in September 1907. The novel was
serialised in America in Ridgeway's Weekly from October 6th, 1906
to January 12th, 1907, inclusive, but did not appear serially in
this country.

In a copy of the First Edition of The Secret Agent Mr. Conrad
has written the following interesting note : —

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 35

" This novel, suggested by the well-known attempt to blow up the
Observatory in Greenwich, is based on two pieces of information :
one thai the perpetrator was a half-witted youth, the other that his
sister committed suicide some time afterwards. As literary aim the
book is an attempt to treat consistently a melodramatic subject
ironically.''

In 1919-20 this novel was dramatised by its author, but the
play {The Secret Agent. A Drama. In Four Acts) has not yet
been either printed or performed.

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[A Set of Six: 1908]

A Set of Six / By / Joseph Conrad / Les petites
marionnettes / Font, font, font, / Trois petits tours /
Et puis sen vont. j Nursery Rhyme. / Methuen
& Co. / 36 Essex Street W.C. / London.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. viii + 310 ; consisting of
Half-title (with a list of Conrad's Works upon
the reverse) pp. i — ^ii; Title-page (with date of
publication — 1908 — ^upon the reverse) pp. iii — ^iv;
Dedication and Table of Contents (each with blank
reverse) pp. v — viii ; and Text pp. i — 310. Follow-
ing p. 310 is a leaf with blank recto, and with the
printers' imprint upon the reverse. Each of the
six tales is preceded by an individual fly-title
(with blank reverse) which is included in the
pagination. Forty pages of publishers' advertise-
ments, dated June 1908, were added at the end
of the volume.

36 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

Issued in pale claret- coloured cloth boards, lettered and
ornamented in gold upon the back, and upon the front
cover. Incorporated in the design upon the front are
the six sub-titles detailed below. The published price
was Six Shillings.

The six individual fly-titles mentioned in the above collation do
not carry the titles actually borne by the six stories. Each story
is furnished with a special sub-title ; the six are as follows : —

A Romantic Tale (For Caspar Ruiz)
An Ironic Tale (For The Informer)
An Indignant Tale (For The Brute)
A Desperate Tale (For An Anarchist)
A Military Tale (For The Duel)
A Pathetic Tale (For II Conde)

The First American Edition of A Set of Six was not published
by Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Co. until 191 5, although copyrighted
by that firm in 1908.

Before the publication in America^ but after the publication
in England; of the complete series^ one of the Stories, The Duel,
was issued alone by the McClure Company in 1908, under a new
title, The Point of Honor, and with six coloured illustrations by
Dan Sayre Groesbeck. The collation of the volume is crown
octavo, pp. vi + 182.

The six Stories had appeared originally in serial form, as follows :

Caspar Ruiz

First printed in The Pall Mall Magazine, July to October
1906, with illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo.

The Informer

First printed in Harper's Magazine, December 1906, with
illustrations by Wolcott Hitchcock.

EDIT/ONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 37

The Brute

First printed in The Daily Chronicle, Christmas Number,
December 5th, 1906.

An Anarchist . . . . .

First printed in Harper's Magazine, August 1906, with
illustrations by Thornton Oakley.

The Duel

First printed in The Pall Mall Magazine, January to May
1908, with illustrations by W. Russell Flint.

Il Conde .........

First printed in CasselVs Magazine, August 1908, with
illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo, and reproduced in the
same journal a few years later.

In the summer of 1920 Messrs. J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., published
an edition of Youth and Caspar Ruiz in a small octavo volume of
192 pages. In addition to the text of the two stories the volume
contained an Author's Note, a Conrad Catechism, and a brief
Bibliography.

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[Under Western Eyes: 191 i]

Under Western Eyes / By Joseph Conrad / '*/
would take liberty from any hand as a hungry J
man would snatch a piece of bread!' j Miss Haldin /
Methuen & Co. Ltd. / 36 Essex Street W.C. /
London.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vi + 377 ; consisting of
Half-title (with a list of Conrad's Works upon the
reverse) pp. i — ^ii; Title-page (with the date of

38 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

publication — 191 1 — upon the reverse) pp. iii — ^iv;
Dedication (with blank reverse) pp. v — ^vi; and
Text pp. I — 377. Upon the reverse of p. 377 is
the printers' imprint. The first leaf of the first
section of the book (an unsigned half-sheet) is a
blank. A thirty-two page pamphlet of pubUshers'
advertisements, printed upon thin paper, was added
at the end of the volume.

Issued in bright red cloth boards, lettered and ornamented
in gold upon the back. The published price was Six
Shillings.

The First American Edition of Under Western Eyes was pub-
lished by Messrs. Harper & Brothers in 191 1. The novel appeared
as a serial in The English Review from December 1910 to October
191 !_, inclusive, where it was accompanied by a portrait of the
author by Will. Rothenstein.

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[Some Reminiscences: 191 2]

Some / Reminiscences / By Joseph Conrad /
London / Eveleigh Nash / 191 2.

Collation : — Large octavo, p. 237 ; consisting of a blank
leaf pp. I — 2; Half-title (with a Hst of Conrad's
Works upon the reverse) pp. 3 — 4; Title-page
(with blank reverse) pp. 5 — 6; and Text pp. 7 —
237. Upon the reverse of p. 237 is the printers'
imprint. The last leaf of the final section of the

EDIT TONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 39

book, Sig. P 8, carries a list of Autohiographies
published by Eveleigh Nash.

Issued in dark blue cloth boards with untrimmed edges,
and lettered in gold both across the back and upon the
front cover. The published price was Five Shillings net.

In the same year, 191 2; the volume was published in America
by Messrs. Harper & Brothers under the title A Personal Record,
The same title was retained when a cheap popular edition of the
autobiography was issued both in England and America by Messrs.
Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., in 1916; and again in 1919 when
the work was published in London and Toronto by Messrs. J. M.
Dent & Sons, Ltd. For the latter edition a new Author's Note,
extending to sixteen pages, was furnished by Mr. Conrad.

" He who has read to the end of this book/' said Mr. Conrad, " knows
all that's worth knowing of me."

The contents of the volume had appeared serially in The English
Review, from December 1908 to June 1909, inclusive.

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['TwixT Land and Sea: 191 2]

'Twixt Land & Sea / Tales / By / Joseph
Conrad / A Smile of Fortune / The Secret Sharer /
Freya of the Seven / Isles / \_PMblishers device] /
Life is a tragic folly \ Let us laugh and be jolly /
Away with melancholy / Bring me a branch of
holly j Life is a tragic folly / A. Symons. / London :
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / Aldine House, Covent
Garden. 191 2.

40 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. viii + 264 ; consisting of
Half-title (with blank reverse) pp. i — ^ii; Title-
page (with All rights reserved upon the reverse)
pp. iii — ^iv; Dedication and Table of Contents
(each with blank reverse) pp. v — viii; and Text
pp. I — 264, with the imprint of The Temple Press
at the foot of the last page.

Issued in olive green cloth boards, lettered in gold
across the back, and in black upon the front cover. The
published price was Six ShilHngs.

A curious point of bibliographical interest attaches to the binding
of this volume. Though but trifling in itself the matter is worth
noticing, as it will doubtless appeal to such collectors as are only
to be satisfied by the earliest-issued example of a book.

When the stamp by means of which the lettering was impressed
upon the front cover was prepared the last line was made to read
The Secret Isles, instead of The Seven Isles, and with this error
standing the book passed into circulation. But the blunder was
quickly observed, and in all copies available the word Secret was
erased and the correct word Seven was impressed in its place. But
the mark of erasure is plainly visible. In copies made up by the
binders subsequently the correct word Seven appeared.

The First American edition of 'Twixt Land and Sea was pub-
lished by the George H. Doran Company in 1912.

The three Tales of which the text of ^Twixt Land and Sea is
composed appeared originally as follows : —

A Smile of Fortune .......

First printed in The London Magazine, February 191 1,
accompanied by a ' character portrait ' of the author.

The Secret Sharer .......

First printed in Harper'' s Magazine, August and September
1 9 10, with illustrations by W. J. Aylward.

Freya of the Seven Islands

First printed in The Metropolitan Magazine, New York,
April 1912, with illustrations by Clifford W. Ashley.
The story was reprinted in The London Magazine, July
1912, with illustrations by Gilbert Holiday.

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[Chance: 191 3]

Chance / A Tale in Two Parts / By / Joseph
Conrad / Those that hold that all things are governed
by I Fortune had not erred, had they not persisted
there j Sir Thomas Browne/ Methuen & Co. Ltd. /
36 Essex Street W.C. / London.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. viii + 406; consisting of
Half-title (with a list of Conrad's Works upon the
reverse) pp. i — ^ii ; Title-page (with a bibliographical
note recording the date of publication — 1913 — ^upon
the reverse) pp. iii — iv ; Dedication p. v ; Table of
Contents pp. vi — vii; p. viii is blank; and Text of
the Tale pp. i — 406. Following p. 406 is a leaf
with blank recto, and with the printers' imprint
upon the reverse. Each of the two Parts {The
Damsel and The Knight) into which the book is
divided is preceded by an individual fly-title, with
blank reverse, which is included in the pagination.

Issued in sage green cloth boards, lettered and ornamented
in gold across the back. The published price was Six
Shillings.

42 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

It had been intended to publish Chance in the autumn of 1913,
and the book was printed accordingly. But for certain reasons the
publication was postponed until the spring of 1914^ and fresh titles
with the bibliographical note suitably amended were prepared.
These were inserted in the whole of the printed copies then ready
and awaiting delivery. Meanwhile some fifty copies with the
original title uncancelled had been distributed among critics and
other persons into whose hands it was desirable that early copies
should be placed. One of these examples is preserved in the
library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 70, bb. 4.
It was received at the Museum on September 18, 1913- Hence
there are two distinct issues^ or states^ of the book.

The actual princeps may be readily identified by a reference to
the note which stands upon the reverse of the Title-page. In
the First Issue this note reads " First published in 1913 "; in the
Second Issue this note reads " First published in 1914." In the
case of this book the publishers' advertisement list bound up at
the end of the volume may be of service. In some copies of the
First Issue this list extends to 31 pages dated ''July 1913"; in
others the list consists of 8 pages dated ''Autumn 1913." In the
Second Issue the 8 page list only is to be found. The binding of
both issues is identical.

A genuine copy of the first (1913) issue of Chance may be readily
identified by the fact that the title-page is an individual portion
of the first half-sheet^ of which it forms the second leaf, and has
never been separated from the remaining three. This is the only
variety of the book that a wise and discriminating collector
should accept ; any other variety should be unhesitatingly rejected.
Unfortunately numerous copies have passed into circulation which
at first sight appear to be all right, the date upon the reverse of the
title reading 191 3. But in such copies the title-page is a cancel-
leaf, a separate leaf mounted upon a stub. Thus no difficulty
whatever need be experienced in recognising the genuine book.

Early ' 1914 ' title-pages were cancel-leaves pasted upon the

CHANCE

A TALE IN TWO PARTS

JOSEPH CONRAD

THOSE THAT HOLD THAT ALL THINGS ARE GOVERNED BV
FORTUNE HAD NOT ERRED, HAD THEY NOT PERSISTED THERE

SIR THOMAS Browns

METHUEN & CO. LTD.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

LONDON

Facsimile of the genuine title-page to the ' 1913 ' edition of Chance.

CHANCE

A TALE IN TWO PARTS

JOSEPH CONRAD

thosb that hold that all things are govbrned 6v
fortune had not erred, had they not persisted there

Sir tkomas B.rownb

METHUEN & GO. LTD.

36. ESSEX STREET W.C.

LONDON

Facsimile of the spurious title-page to the ' 191 3 ' edition of Chance.

First Published in ig/j

B
First Published in ig 13

Facsimiles of the Notes upon the reverse of the two title-pages of
the ' 1913 ' edition of Chance. A, genuine ; B, spurious.

EDIT! ONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 47

stubs left by the removal of the discarded ' 1913 ' titles. For
later copies the entire half-sheet was reprinted, and no mutilation
is apparent.

The separately inserted title-pages with the note dated 1913,
referred to above, are forgeries. Regarding this there can be no
question, and copies of the book in which they occur are worthless
from the point of view of the collector, though of course they serve
as well as any others for reading purposes. The method adopted
by their fabricator to produce them can be readily traced, and the
differences between the originals and the fraudulent reproductions
are plainly marked.

When the revised ' 1914 ' titles were prepared the printers
repeated the earlier title line for line and word for word. But
they made no effort to reproduce it precisely — there was no occasion
to do so — thus many variations of leading and spacing were intro-
duced. But, fortunately, this fact was apparently unknown to the
individual who was responsible for the perpetration of the fraud,
and he evidently took it for granted that the two were uniform.
Hence he did not trouble to procure a copy of the book with the
original title — cr, perhaps, was unable to obtain one — hut prepared
a careful facsimile of the revised, ' 1914 ' title-page and note, merely
changing the date of the latter to 191 3.

I give photographs of the two title-pages, the genuine and the
spurious. These are as near to being absolute facsimiles as it has
been possible for the block-maker to produce. By their aid the
character of any example of the book may be identified. I also
give facsimiles of the bibliographical note as it appears upon the
reverse of each. The types employed are nearly, but not absolutely,
identical. The ink used for the forgery is perceptibly blacker than
that employed by the printers of the original. It was this slight
difference in colour between the ink of the note and that of the
remainder of the volume that first attracted my attention, and led
me to seek an early copy of the book with the title in an unsevered
condition. This was by no means easy to find; but a copy was

48 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

secured at last, and a comparison of its title with one of those which
had excited my suspicion immediately exposed the fraud.

Upon becoming aware of the foregoing fact, I placed myself in
communication with the publishers, Messrs. Methuen & Co., Ltd.,
who very courteously afforded me all the information at their
disposal. From their replies to my inquiries, which I print below,
it appears that only some fifty copies of the first edition of Chance
with the genuine first title-page were issued, and that the cancelled
titles were destroyed by the binders.

The story once more proves, what I have before asserted, that
easy as it appears to be to fabricate reprints of rare books, it is in
actual practice absolutely impossible to do so in such a manner
that detection cannot follow the event. Even when the volume
is of so recent a date that the necessary types and paper are both
procurable, the human element fails, and, as in the present instance,
a blunder is committed in spite of the exercise of the most
meticulous care.

36, Essex Street,

London, W.C. 2

September 2nd, 1920.
Thomas J. Wise, Esq.
Dear Sir,

In answer to your letter of the 2'jth of August, addressed to
Mr. Webster who is away on holiday, we write to say that the original
bibliographical note to Mr. Conrad's " Chance " was dated 191 3, but
not being able to publish in that year we cancelled it, and replaced
it with an inserted leaf dated 1914. By some mischance a few copies
of the book did get out with the date 191 3, but only a few ; and in any
case we have not replaced the cancelled leaves in other copies, nor have
we done anything to give the books fictitious value.

We are, dear Sir,

Yours faithfully,

Methuen & Co., Ltd.

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC, 49

P.S. — Since writing the above your letter of the 1st of September has
reached us. In answer to your questions —

(i) As far as we can find out only about fifty copies were sent out
with the date 1913.

(2) The binders had orders to destroy all the cancelled titles.

We are much interested to hear of your discovery, and we hope you
will be able to run the forger to earth.

36, Essex Street,
London, W.C. 2.
September loth, 1920.
Thomas f. Wise, Esq.
Dear Sir,

We must apologise for our delay in replying to your letter
of the 4th of September.

We have a file copy of " Chance " which contains the 191 3 title-
page as part of the first sheet, not as a cancel.

We have made inquiries at our binders. They say it is so long ago
that they cannot make any definite statement with regard to the cancelled
titles, but they have not the slightest doubt that they obeyed our
instructions, and that the titles were destroyed.

We are, dear Sir,

Yours faithfully,

Meihuen & Co., Ltd.

It is a curious circumstance that both the Second and Third
editions of Chance repeat the date 1913, notwithstanding the
change made in the first edition. Evidently the printers omitted
to amend the types standing for the book when they reprinted the
title-page, and consequently the new editions went out with the
date unaltered. Messrs. Methuen & Co. inform me that seven
editions of Chance were issued before the volume was stereotyped.
Possibly the whole of these carry the date 191 3, but I have only
personally examined the first three. A copy of any of these could
be transformed into an apparent princeps by the substitution of
the bogus title-page.

so BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

The First American Edition of Chance was published by Messrs.
Doubleday, Page & Company in 1914. The novel first appeared
as a serial in The New York Herald from January 21st to June 30th,
1912, inclusive, but was never serialised in this country.

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[Within the Tides: 191 5]

Within the Tides / Tales / By / Joseph Conrad /
{Publishers device\ \ Go, make you ready. / Hamlet
to the Players. / London & Toronto / J. M. Dent
& Sons Ltd. / MCMXV.

Collation : — ^Crown octavo, pp. viii + 280 ; consisting of
Half-title (with advertisement of the third edition
of 'Twixt Land and Sea upon the reverse) pp. i —
ii; Title-page, Dedication, and Table of Contents
(each with blank reverse) pp. iii — viii; and Text
pp. I — 280, with imprint of The Temple Press at
the foot of the last page. Each of the four Stories
comprised in the volume is preceded by an
individual fiy- title, with blank reverse, which is
included in the pagination.

Issued in sage green cloth boards, lettered in gold across
the back. The published price was Six Shillings.

The Text of Within the Tides comprises four stories, which had
already appeared in print, as follows —

The Planter of Malata

First appeared in The Metropolitan Magazine, New York,
June and July 1914, with illustrations by Frederic
Dorr Steele.

ED IT I ONES PRINCIPE S, ETC.
The Partner

First appeared in Harper's Magazine, November 1911,
with illustrations by Anton Otto Fischer.

The Inn of the Two Witches ......

First appeared in The Metropolitan Magazine, May 191 3,
with illustrations by H. J. Mowat.

Because of the Dollars

First appeared (under the tentative title Laughing Anne)
in The Metropolitan Magazine, September 1914, with
illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele.

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[Victory: 1915]

Victory / An Island Tale / By / Joseph Conrad /
^Publishers device] j Calling shapes and beckoni^ig
shadows dire \ And airy to7tgues that syllable mens
names j On sands and shores and desert wilder-
nesses I Comus. / Garden City New York /
Doubleday, Page & Company/ 191 5.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vi + 462 ; consisting of
Half-title (with a Hst of Conrad's Works upon the
reverse) pp. i — ii ; Title-page (with notices regard-
ing the Copyright upon the reverse) pp. iii — iv;
Dedication (with blank reverse) pp. v — vi ; and
Text pp. I — 462. Following p. 462 is a leaf, with
blank reverse, carrying the device and imprint of
The Country Life Press. This in turn is followed
by a blank leaf, completing the final sheet of the

52 ■ BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

volume. Each of the four Farts into which the
book is divided is preceded by an individual fly-
title, with blank reverse, which is included in the
pagination.

Issued (in March, 1915) in dark blue cloth boards, with
trimmed edges, lettered and decorated in gold across the
back and upon the front cover. The published price was
One Dollar and Thirty- five Cents.

Mr. Conrad has communicated the following interesting note
regarding the history of Victory —

" The first idea of this novel occurred to me at the end of the year
191 1. It occupied me in writing for about nineteen months of actual
working time. It was never actually laid aside as had happened
to some other novels of mine. The longest pause was after Chapter IV
of Part III in the Autumn <?/ 1913^ nearly ten weeks. The revision
in type took nearly six weeks, and the copy intended for Munsey^s
Magazine serial publication left London for New York in the last
week of fuly 1914."

The novel first appeared in Munsey's Magazine, New York,
February 191 5, pp. 112-240, and was reprinted in the London
Star from August 24th, 1915, to November 9th, 1915, inclusive.

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{First English Edition)

Victory / An Island Tale / By / Joseph Conrad /
Calling shapes and beckoning shadows dire / And
airy tongues that syllable mens names j On sands and
shores and desert wildernesses, j Comus / Methuen &
Co. Ltd. / 36 Essex Street, W.C. / London.

EDI TI ONES PRINCIPE S, ETC, 53

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. viii + 415 ; consisting
of Half-title (with a list of Conrad's Works upon
the reverse) pp. i — ii; Title-page (with date of
publication — 1915 — upon the reverse) pp. iii —
iv; Dedication (with blank reverse) pp. v — vi;
Author's Note pp. vii — viii; and Text pp. i — 415.
The reverse of p. 415 carries the printers' imprint.
Each of the four Parts is preceded by an individual
fly-title, with blank reverse, which is included in
the pagination. Thirty-five pages of advertise-
ments, dated Autumn 1915, were added at the end
of the volume.

Issued (in September, 1915) in bright red cloth boards,
lettered and decorated in gold across the back. The
pubhshed price was Six ShilUngs.

The First English Edition of Victory is of importance, as in it
appeared for the first time the Author's Prefatory Note of two
pages.

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[One Day More: 1917J

One Day More / A Play in One Act / By / Joseph
Conrad / London / Privately Printed by Clement
Shorter / February 191 7.

Collation: — Crown quarto, pp. ii -f 56; consisting of:
Half-title (with blank reverse) pp. i — ii; Title-
page (with an editorial Note upon the centre of
the reverse) pp. i — 2 ; List of the Characters (with

54 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4 ; and Text of the Play pp.
5 — 56. The headline is One Day More through-
out, upon both sides of the page. Following
p. 56 is a leaf, with blank reverse, and with a note
by the Editor * at the foot of the recto. There are
no signatures, but the volume is composed of a
half-sheet of 2 leaves, the first of which is a blank ;
seven full sheets of 4 leaves; followed by a half-
sheet of 2 leaves, the first of which carries the
Editor's note, whilst the second is a blank. There
is also no printers' imprint, but the book was
printed in London by Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode
Ltd.

* This note reads as follows : —

This play appeared in the English Review for August
1913. It was performed in 1904 hy the Stage Society and
also at the Theatre de (Euvre, Paris."^ Twenty-five copies are
now, after having been revised and corrected hy the Author,
privately printed hy Clement Shorter for distribution among
his friends. February 26, 1917.

* Should be Theatre de VCEuvre, Paris.

Against this note each copy was numbered and signed
by the Editor, Mr. Clement King Shorter.

Issued in dark blue-grey paper wrappers, lined with
white, with untrimmed edges, and with the Title-page
reproduced upon the front. Also lettered across the back,
" One I Day / More / foseph / Conrad / 1917." The
leaves measure 10 x 7| inches.

As recorded above, One Day More was originally prepared
for the stage and produced in 1904. In 191 3 it appeared in the

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 55

August number of The English Review, pp. i6 — 35. The play was
founded upon the story To-Morrow, first printed in The Pall Mall
Magazine for xVugust 1902, and afterwards included in Typhoon
and other Stories, 1903. The dramatic version was the work of the
author himself.

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i^First Published Edition)

One Day More / A Play in One Act / By Joseph
Conrad / Beaumont Press.

Collation : — Demy octavo, pp. 48 ; consisting of Half-
title (with Certificate of Issue upon the reverse)
pp. I — 2 ; Title-page, List of Characters, and Scene
(each with blank reverse) pp. 3 — 8 ; and Text pp.
9 — 48. Following p. 48 is a leaf with blank reverse,
and with the Colophon, etc., upon its recto.

Issued (in January 1919) in figured paper boards backed
with canvas, with white paper labels on back and sides.
Two hundred and fifty copies were printed. The pub-
lished price was 6s. There were also Twenty-four Copies
upon Japanese vellum paper. The price of these was
42s. net.

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. [The Shadow-Line: 19 17]

Joseph Conrad / The / Shadow-Line / A Con-
fession / "■ Worthy of my undying regard'' j {Pub-
lishers device'] j London & Toronto / J. M. Dent
& Sons Ltd. / Paris: J. M. Dent et Fils.

56 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

Collation: — Crown octavo, pp. vi + 227; consisting of
Half-title (with a list of Conrad's Works upon the
reverse) pp. i — ii; Title-page (with date of pub-
lication— March 1917 — and ''All rights reserved "
upon the reverse) pp. iii — iv; Dedication (with
blank reverse) pp. v — vi; and Text pp. i — 227.
The reverse of p. 227. carries the imprint of The
Temple Press. Each of the six Parts into which
the book is divided is preceded by an individual
fiy-title, with blank reverse, which is included in
the pagination. The first leaf of the first section
of the book (an unsigned half-sheet) is a blank.
In this instance the 18 pages of advertisements
at the end form an integral portion of the volume,
and are included in its Register. The text ends
on Sig. P 2 recto ; the remaining six leaves of Sig.
P, and three leaves of Sig. O (a half-sheet) are
occupied by a Catalogue of Works of Modem
Fiction published by Messrs. J. M. Dent & Sons.

Issued in pale green cloth boards, lettered and decorated
in brown and gold across the back and upon the front
cover. The published price was Five Shillings net.

The genesis of The Shadow-Line has been thus recorded by
Mr. Conrad —

" This story had been in my mind for some years. Originally
I used to think of it under the name of ' First Command.' When I
managed in the second year of war to concentrate my mind sufficiently
to begin working, I turned to the subject as the easiest. And, in
consequence of my changed mental attitude to it, it became " The
Shadow-Line.' "

The First American Edition of The Shadow-Line was published

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 57

by Messrs. Doubleday^ Page & Company in 191 7. The novel
originally appeared serially in The English Review from September
1916 to March 1917 inclusive.

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[''Well Done!": 1918]

'' Well Done ! " / By / Joseph Conrad / London /
Privately Printed by Clement Shorter / September
1918.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 20 ; consisting of :
Half-title (with a note by the Editor * at the foot
of the reverse) pp. i — 2; Title-page, enclosed
within a single rectangular ruled frame (with blank
reverse) pp. 3 — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 20. The head-
line is " Well Done I " throughout, upon both sides
of the page. At the foot of p. 20 is the following
imprint, " Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd.,
East Harding Street, E.C. 4." There are no
signatures, but the pamphlet is composed of two
full sheets, each 4 leaves, inset within a half-sheet
of 2 leaves.

* This note reads as follows : —

This little book contains three papers by Joseph Conrad,
first contributed to The Daily Chronicle of August 22nd,
2'^rd, and 24th, 19 18. They are issued here in an edition
of twenty-five copies by kind permission of the Author for
private distribution among my friends.

Against this note each copy was numbered and initialled
by the Editor, Mr. Clement Shorter.

58 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

Issued in lavender-coloured paper wrappers, lined with
white, with untrimmed edges, and with the Title-page
reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure lo X
7| inches. Twenty-five copies only were printed, all upon
hand-made paper.

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[The First News: 191 8]

The / First News / By / Joseph Conrad / London /
Privately printed by Clement Shorter, August 19 18.

Collation: — Foolscap quarto, pp. 11; consisting of:
Half-title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2; Title-
page, enclosed within a single rectangular ruled
frame (with a note by the Editor * at the foot of
the reverse) pp. 3 — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 11. The
headline is The First News throughout, upon
both sides of the page. Upon the reverse of p. 11
is the following imprint, " Eyre & Spottiswoode,
Ltd., East Harding Street, E.C. 4." There are no
signatures, but the pamphlet consists of a full sheet
of 4 leaves inset within a half -sheet of 2 leaves.

* This note reads as follows : —

This little hook contains an essay by Joseph Conrad

which first appeared in " Reveille," No. 1, August 1918. It

is issued here in an edition of twenty-five copies by kind

' permission of the author for private distribution among my

friends.

Against this note each copy was numbered and initialled
by the Editor, Mr. Clement Shorter.

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 59

Issued in lavender-coloured paper wrappers, lined with
white, with untrimmed edges, and with the Title-page
reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 10 X
7f inches.

Twenty-five copies only were printed;, all upon hand-made
paper.

The Essay describes the reception in Cracow of the first tidings
of the outbreak of the Great War.

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[The Tale : 1919]

The Tale / By / Joseph Conrad / London : Pri-
vately Printed by Clement Shorter / March, 19 19.

Collation : — Crown quarto, pp. 34 ; consisting of : Half-
title (with a note by the Editor * at the foot of
the reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Title-page, enclosed within
a single rectangular ruled frame (with blank
reverse) pp. 3 — 4*; and Text of the Tale pp. 5 — 34.
The headline is The Tale throughout, upon both
sides of the page. Following p. 34 is a leaf, with
blank recto, and with the following imprint at the
foot of the reverse, " Eyre & Spottiswoode, Ltd.,
East Harding Street, E.C. 4." There are no
signatures, but the pamphlet is composed of four
sheets, each 4 leaves, inset within each other; the
whole placed between the two leaves of a single
half-sheet, the first of which carries the Half-title,
whilst the second carries the imprint.

6o BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

* This note reads as follows : —

Twenty-five copies of this little hook have been privately
printed hy Clement Shorter with the permission of the Author
for distribution among his friends. The story originally
appeared in the " Strand 'Magazine " for October, 1917.

Against this note each copy was numbered and initialled
by the Editor, Mr. Clement Shorter.

Issued in bright red paper wrappers, lined with white,
with untrimmed edges, and with the Title-page repro-
duced upon the front. The leaves measure 10 X 7 J
inches.

Twenty-five copies only were printed, all upon hand-made
paper. As noted above, The Tale had previously appeared in The
Strand Magazine for October 191 7.

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[The Shock of War: 1919]

The Shock of War / Through Germany to Cracow /
By / Joseph Conrad / London :/ Printed for Private
Circulation / 19 19.

Collation: — Crown octavo, pp. 17; consisting of: Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse) pp.
3 — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 17. The reverse of p. 17
is blank. The book is completed by a leaf, with
blank reverse, and with the following imprint
upon its recto, " London : / Printed for Thomas /.
Wise, Hampstead, N.W. / Edition limited to Twenty-
five Copies." The headline is The Shock of War

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC, 6i

throughout, upon both sides of the page. There
are no signatures, but the pamphlet is composed
of one full sheet of 8 leaves, inset within a quarter-
sheet of 2 leaves.

Issued in bright crimson paper wrappers, with untrimmed
edges, and with the Title-page reproduced upon the front.
The leaves measure 7J X ^-^ inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed.

Previously printed in The Daily News on March 29th, 191 5.
This autobiographical essay (together with To Poland in War-time,
The North Sea on the Eve of War, and My Return to Cracow) was
reprinted in The Book of the Homeless, 1916^ pp. 71 — 97, under the
general title Poland Revisited, the individual titles of the four
chapters being dropped.

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[To Poland in War-time: 1919]

To Poland in / War-time / A Journey Into the
East / By / Joseph Conrad / London : / Printed for
Private Circulation / 1919.

Collation: — Crown octavo, pp. 20; consisting of : Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse)
pp. 3 — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 20. The headline is
To Poland in War-time throughout, upon both
sides of the page. At the foot of p. 20 is the
following imprint, " London / Printed for Thomas
/. Wise, Hampstead, N.W. / Edition limited to
Twenty-five copies." There are no signatures.

62 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

but the pamphlet is composed of one full sheet of
8 leaves, inset within a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves.

Issued in bright crimson paper wrappers, with un-
trimmed edges, and with the Title-page reproduced upon
the front. The leaves measure 7 J X 5yV inches. Twenty-
five Copies only were printed.

Previously printed in The Daily News on March 31st, 1915-

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[The North Sea on the Eve of War: 1919]

The North Sea / On the Eve of War / By / Joseph
Conrad / London : / Printed for Private Circulation /
1919.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. 20 ; consisting of : Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse)
pp. I — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 20. The headline is
The North Sea on the Eve of War throughout, upon
both sides of the page. At the foot of p. 20 is the
following imprint, " London : / Printed for Thomas
/. Wise, Hampstead, N.W. / Edition limited to
Twenty-five Copies." There are no signatures,
but the pamphlet is composed of one full sheet of
8 leaves, inset within a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves.

Issued in bright crimson paper wrappers, with untrimmed
edges, and with the Title-page reproduced upon the front.
The leaves measure 7J X 5yV inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed.-

Previously printed in The Daily News on April 6th, 191 5.

ED I TI ONES PRINCIPE S, ETC. 63

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[My Return to Cracow: 1919]

My Return to / Cracow / By / Joseph Conrad /
London : / Printed for Private Circulation / 1919.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. 23 ; consisting of : Half-
title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2; Title-page
(with blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4 ; and Text pp. 5 — 23.
The headline is My Return to Cracow throughout,
upon both sides of the page. Upon the reverse of
p. 23 is the following imprint, " London : / Printed
for Thomas J. Wise, Hampstead, N.W. / Edition
limited to Twenty-five Copies." There are no
signatures, but the pamphlet is composed of one
full sheet of 8 leaves, inset within a half -sheet of
4 leaves.

Issued in bright crimson paper wrappers, with untrimmed
edges, and with the Title-page reproduced upon the
front. The leaves measure y\ X 5tV inches. Twenty-
five Copies only were printed.

Previously printed in The Daily News on April 9th, 191 5.

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[Tradition : 1919]

Tradition / By / Joseph Conrad / London : /
Printed for Private Circulation Only / 19 19.

64 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. 19 ; consisting of : Half-
title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2; Title-page
(with blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4; and Text pp. 5 —
19. Upon the reverse of p. 19 is the following
imprint, " London : / Printed for Thomas J. Wise,
Hampstead, N.W. / Edition limited to Twenty-five
Copies." The headline is Tradition throughout,
upon both sides of the page. There are no signa-
tures, but the pamphlet is composed of one full
sheet of 8 leaves, inset within a quarter-sheet of
2 leaves.

Issued in pale pink paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges,
and with the Title-page reproduced upon the front. The
leaves measure 7i X 5 inches. Twenty-five Copies only
were printed.

Previously printed in The Daily Mail, March 8th, 191 8.

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[The Polish Question : 19 19]

The / Polish Question / A Note on the joint /
Protectorate of the / Western Powers and / Russia /
By / Joseph Conrad / London : Privately Printed
by Clement Shorter / March 191 9.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 14 ; consisting of : Half-
title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2; Title-page,
enclosed within a single rectangular ruled frame
(with a note by the Editor * at the foot of the

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 65

reverse) pp. 3 — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 14. The
headline is The Polish Question throughout, upon
both sides of the page. Following p. 14 is a leaf
with the following imprint at the foot of the
reverse, " Printed hy Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd.,
East Harding Street, E.C. 4." There are no
signatures, the pamphlet consisting of two sheets,
each 4 leaves, one inset within the other.

* This note read as follows : — ■

This essay on the Polish Question by Mr. Joseph Conrad
is, with the author's permission, privately printed hy Clement
Shorter in an edition limited to twenty-five copies for
circulation among his friends.

Against this note each copy was numbered and initialled
by the Editor, Mr. Clement Shorter.

Issued in bright red paper wrappers, lined with white,
with untrimmed edges, and with the Title-page reproduced
upon the front. The leaves measure 10 x 7| inches.
This political essay was written in 1916, but has appeared
-nowhere save in the pages of the present pamphlet.
Twenty-five Copies only were printed, all upon hand-
made paper.

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[The Loss of the Titanic: 19 19]

Some Reflexions / Seamanlike and Otherwise / on /
The Loss of The Titanic / By / Joseph Conrad /
London : / Printed for Private Circulation Only /
1919.

66 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD,

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. 34; consisting of : Half-
title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Title-page (with
blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 34.
Following p. 34 is a leaf (with blank reverse) and
with the following imprint upon the centre of its
recto, " London : / Printed for Thomas J, Wise,
Hampstead, N.W. / Edition limited to Twenty-jive
Copies,'' The headline is The Loss of The Titanic
throughout, upon both sides of the page. There
are no signatures, but the pamphlet is composed of
two full sheets (each 8 leaves), inset within a quarter-
sheet of 2 leaves.

Issued in dark blue paper wrappers, with untrimmed
edges, and with the Title-page reproduced upon the front.
The leaves measure 7J X 5i inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed.

Previously printed in The English Review, May 19 12, pp. 304 — 315.

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[Some Aspects of the Inquiry: 19 19]

Some Aspects / of / The Admirable Inquiry /into /
The Loss of The Titanic / By / Joseph Conrad /
London / Printed for Private Circulation Only /
1919.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. 42 ; consisting of : Half-
title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; Title-page (with
blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 42.

EDITION ES PRINCIPE S, ETC. 67

Following p. 42 is a leaf, with blank recto, and
with the following imprint upon the centre of the
reverse, " London : / Printed for Thomas J, Wise,
Hampstead, N.W. / Edition limited to Twenty-jive
Copies." The headline is Aspects of the Inquiry
throughout, upon both sides of the page. The
signatures are C and D (two sheets, each 8 leaves)
inset within B (a half-sheet of 4 leaves), the whole
inset within A (a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves).

Issued in bright blue paper wrappers, with untrimmed
edges, and with the Title-page reproduced upon the front.
The leaves measure y\ x 5^ inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed.

Previously printed in The English Review, July 1912^ pp. 581 —595.

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[The Arrow of Gold: 19 19]

The Arrow of Gold / A Story between two Notes /
By / Joseph Conrad / Celui qui na connu que des
hommes / polls et raisonnables^ art ne connait pas j
rkomme ou ne le connait qua [sic] demi. j Characteres
[sic], I [Publishers device] j Garden City New
York / Doubleday, Page & Company / 19 19.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. vi -f 385 ; consisting of
Half-title (with a list of Conrad's Works upon the
reverse) pp. i — ii; Title-page (with a note regard-
ing the Copyright upon the reverse) pp. iii — iv;

68 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

Dedication (with blank reverse) pp. v — vi; Fly-
title (with blank reverse) pp. i — 2 ; and Text pp.
3 — 385. The reverse of p. 385 carries the imprint
of The Country Life Press. The text of the novel is
divided into a First Note, five Parts, and a Second
Note. Each of the five Parts is preceded by an
individual fly-title (with blank reverse) which is
included in the pagination.

Issued (in April 1919) in dark blue cloth boards, lettered
and decorated in gold across the back and upon the front
cover. The published price was One Dollar Fifty Cents.

The novel first appeared serially in Lloyd's Magazine from
December 191 8 to February 1920 inclusive, with illustrations by
Herbert Pizer. The two Notes did not accompany the novel in its
serial form.

The Arrow of Gold was commenced in September 191 7, and the
first draft of the manuscript of the first portion of the novel bears
the tentative title The Laugh. The book occupies so high a position
in the series of its author's writings that the following account of
the genesis of the story, communicated by Mr. Conrad, is of more
than usual interest : —

" The subject belongs to my early life. I was conscious of it through
all the years of my writing life, but I was reluctant to take it up, not
seeing my way, and not feeling the mood, though I thought of it more than
once. It was only in 191 7 that I brought myself to consider it
seriously."

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A reduced facsimile of a page of the MS. of The Laugh [i.e. The Arrow of Gold],

The ARROW of GOLD

A STORY BETWEEN TWO NOTES

BY
JOSEPH CONRAD

Celui qui rCa eonnu que des htmimea
jtolis et raiaonnablea, ou ne connaii pas
Thomme, ou ne U eonnait qua demi.

Charact^es.

Garden City New York

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1919

EDIT/ONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 71

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{First English Edition)

The / Arrow of Gold / A Story between two
Notes I ^Y I Joseph Conrad / Ceiui qui na connu
que des hommes / polis et raisonnables, ou ne connait
pas I I'homme^ ou ne le connait qua demi, /
Caracteres. / London : T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. /
Adelphi Terrace.

Collatidn : — Crown octavo, pp. x + 336 ; consisting of
Half-title (with an advertisement of three of
G^nrad's books upon the reverse) pp. i — ii;
Title-page (with a note of the date of pubHcation,
and ''All rights reserved " upon the reverse) pp.
iii — iv ; Dedication (with blank reverse) pp. v — vi ;
First Note pp. vii — x ; and Text pp. i — 336, with
the printers' imprint at the foot of the last page.

Issued (in August 1919) in dark green cloth boards, lettered
in gold across the back and upon the front cover. The
published price was Eight ShilHngs.

Although not ranking as a Conrad princeps, the First English
Edition of The Arrow of Gold is yet a desirable book to the reader
as well as the collector. Its text embodies certain corrections
which, though duly forwarded to America, did not arrive there in
time for incorporation in the original edition of the novel.

72 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

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[Autocracy and War: 191 9]

Autocracy and / War / By / Joseph Conrad /
London : / Printed for Private Circulation / 191 9.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. 65 ; consisting of : Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse) pp.
3 — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 65. Upon the reverse of
p. 65 is the following imprint, " London : / Printed
for Thomas J. Wise, Hamf stead, N.W. / Edition
limited to Twenty-five Copies." The headline is
Autocracy and War throughout, upgn both sides
of the page. The signatures are B to E (four sheets,
each 8 leaves), plus F (one single leaf). There is
no signature A.

Issued in pale lavender-coloured paper wrappers, with
untrimmed edges, and with the Title-page reproduced
upon the front. The leaves measure 7J X 5J inches.
Twenty-five. Copies only were printed.

Previously printed in The Fortnightly Revieiv, July 1905, pp. 1 — 21.

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[Guy de Maupassant: 191 9]

Guy de Maupassant / By / Joseph Conrad /
London : / Printed for Private Circulation / 191 9.

GUY DE MAUPASSANT

JOSEPH CONRAD

London :

PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION

1919

HENRY JAMES

AN APPRECIATION

JOSEPH CONRAD

London :

PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION

1919

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 75

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. i8 ; consisting of : Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse) pp.
3 — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 18. Following p. 18 is a
leaf, with blank reverse, and with the following
imprint upon the centre of the recto, " London : /
Printed for Thomas J. Wise, Hampstead, N.W. /
Edition limited to Twenty-five Copies." There
are no signatures, but the pamphlet is composed
of one full sheet of 8 leaves, inset within a quarter-
sheet of 2 leaves).

Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed
edges, and with the Title-page reproduced upon the front.
The leaves measure 7j X 5^ inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed.

Previously printed as an Introduction to Yvette and Other Stones
By Guy de Maupassant, London, 8vo, 1904, pp. v — xvi.

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[Henry James : 1919]

Henry James / An Appreciation / By / Joseph
Conrad / London : / Printed for Private Circula-
tion / 1919.

Collation: — Crown octavo, pp. 20; consisting of: Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse) pp.
3 — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 20. At the foot of p. 20
is the following imprint, " London : / Printed for
Thomas /. Wise, Hampstead, N.W. / Edition
limited to Twenty-five Copies." The headline

76 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

is Henry James throughout, upon both sides of
the page. There are no signatures, but the pam-
phlet is composed of one full sheet of 8 leaves, inset
within a quarter-sheet of 2 leaves.

Issued in deep pink paper wrappers, with untrimmed
edges, and with the Title-page reproduced upon the front.
The leaves measure y\ X $~^ inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed.

Previously printed in The North American Review, January 1905,
pp. 102 — 108; and again in the number for April 1916, pp. 585 — 591.

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[Anatole France: 1919]

Anatole France / By / Joseph Conrad / London : /
Printed for Joseph Conrad, Orlestone / By Richard
Clay and Sons, Ltd. / 19 19.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 17 ; consisting of Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse)
pp. I — /\) and Text pp. 5 — 17. The reverse of
p. 17 is blank. The headline is Anatole France
throughout, upon both sides of the page. The book
is completed by a leaf, with blank reverse, and with
the following imprint upon its recto, " London : j
Printed for the Author for Private Circulation Only /
Edition limited to Twenty-five Copies.'* There are
no signatures, but the pamphlet is composed of a
double sheet of 8 leaves, inset within a half-sheet
of 2 leaves.

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 77

Issued in bright red paper wrappers, with the Title-page
reproduced upon the front. The leaves, which are un-
trimmed, measure 8| x 6f inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed, each of which is numbered at the close
of the imprint.

Previously printed in The Speaker, July i6th, 1904.

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[Tales of the Sea : 19 19]

Tales of the Sea / By / Joseph Conrad / London : /
Printed for Joseph Conrad, Orlestone / By Richard
Clay and Sons, Ltd. / 19 19.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 10 ; consisting of Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse)
pp. I — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 10; succeeded by a
leaf with blank recto, and with the following im-
print upon the centre of the reverse, " London : /
Printed for the Author for Private Circulation Only /
Edition limited to Twenty-five Copies." There are
no signatures, but the pamphlet is composed of
a single sheet of 4 leaves, inset within a half-sheet
of 2 leaves.

Issued in light green paper wrappers, with the Title-page
reproduced upon the front. The leaves, which are
untrimmed, measure 8 J x 6|^ inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed, each of which is numbered at the close
of the imprint.

Previously printed in The Outlook, June 4th, 189S.

78 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD

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[The Lesson of the Collision : 191 9]

The Lesson / of the Collision / A Monograph upon
the loss of / The ''Empress of Ireland" / By /
Joseph Conrad / London : / Printed for Joseph
Conrad, Orleston \sic\ j By Richard Clay and Sons,
Ltd. I igig.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 15 ; consisting of Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse) pp.
I — 4, and Text pp. 5 — 15. The headline is The
Lesson of the Collision throughout, upon both sides
of the page. Upon the reverse of p. 15 is the
following imprint, " London : / Printed for the
Author for Private Circulation only. / Edition limited
to Twenty-five Copies." There are no signatures,
the pamphlet being composed of a single double-
sheet folded to form 16 pages.

Issued in light blue paper wrappers, with the Title-page
reproduced upon the front. The leaves, which are un-
t rimmed, measure 8| x 6f inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed, each of which is numbered at the close
of the imprint.

Previously printed in The Illustrated London News, June 6th, 19 14.

To The Daily Express for June loth, 1914, Mr. Conrad contributed
a long letter, occupying a complete column, with the heading
Protect the Ocean Liners. This was followed by a second letter upon
the same subject, printed in The Globe, June 13th, 1914.

THE LESSON
OF THE COLLISION

A MONOGRAPH UPON THE LOSS OF
THE "EMPRESS OF IRELAND"

JOSEPH CONRAD

LONDON :

PRINTED FOR JOSEPH CONRAD, ORLESTON

By Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd.

1919

AN OBSERVER IN MALAY

JOSEPH CONRAD

LONDON :

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR FOR PRIVATE
CIRCULATION ONLY

By Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd.

1920

EDIT/ONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 8i

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[An Observer in Malay : 1920]

An Observer in Malay / By / Joseph Conrad /
London : / Printed for the Author for Private /
Circulation Only / By Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd. /
1920.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 9 ; consisting of Half-title
and Title-page (each with blank reverse) pp. i — 4 ;
and Text pp. 5 — 9. The reverse of p. 9 is blank.
The book is completed by a leaf, with blank reverse,
and with the following imprint upon its recto,
" London : / Printed for the Author. / Edition
Limited to Twenty-five Copies." The headline
is An Observer in Malay throughout, upon both
sides of the page. There are no signatures, but
the pamphlet is composed of a single sheet of
4 leaves, inset within a half-sheet of 2 leaves.

Previously printed in The Academy, April 23rd, 1898.

82 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

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[Books : 1920]

Books / By / Joseph Conrad / \_Small printers'
ornament] j London : / Printed for the Author /By-
Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd. / 1920.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 15 ; consisting of Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse) pp.
I — 4, and Text pp. 5 — 15. Upon the reverse of p. 15
is the following imprint, " London : / Printed for the
Author. I Edition limited to Twenty-five Copies." .
The headline is Books throughout, upon both sides
of the page. There are no signatures, the pamphlet
being composed of a single double-sheet, folded
to form 16 pages.

Issued in light green paper wrappers, with the Title-page
reproduced upon the front. The leaves, which are un-
trimmed, measure 8J x 6| inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed, each of which is numbered at the close
of the imprint.

Previously printed in The Speaker, July 15th, 1905.

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[Alphonse Daudet : 1920]

Alphonse Daudet / By / Joseph Conrad / London : /
Printed for the Author / By Richard Clay and
Sons, Ltd. / 1920.

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 83

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 11 ; consisting of Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse)
pp. I — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 11. Upon the reverse
of p. II is the following imprint, " London : / Printed
for the Author, / Edition limited to Twenty-five
Copies." There are no signatures, the pamphlet
consisting of a single sheet of 4 leaves, inset within
a half-sheet of 2 leaves.

Issued in salmon-coloured paper wrappers, with the Title-
page reproduced upon the front. The leaves, which are
untrimmed, measure 8 J X 6f inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed, each of which is numbered at the end
of the imprint.

Previously printed in The Outlook, April Qth^ 1898.

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[Prince Roman : 1920]

Prince Roman / By / Joseph Conrad / London : /
Printed for the Author / By Richard Clay and
Sons, Ltd. / 1920.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 42 ; consisting of Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse) pp.
I — 4 ; and Text pp. 5 — 42. The book is completed
by a leaf, with blank reverse, and with the following
imprint upon its recto, " London : / Printed for the
Author. I Edition limited to Twenty- five Copies."
The headline is Prince Roman throughout, upon
both sides of the page. The signatures are B

84 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

(a single sheet of 4 leaves) and C and D (two
double-sheets, each 8 leaves), all inset within an
unsigned half-sheet of 2 leaves.

Issued in bright yellow paper wrappers, with the Title-page
reproduced upon the front. The leaves, which are un-
trimmed, measure 8j x 6| inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed, each of which is numbered at the close
of the imprint.

Prince Roman first appeared in The Oxford and Cambridge Review,
October 191 1; and was reprinted in The Metropolitan Magazine
for January 191 2, under the tentative title The Aristocrat, with
illustrations by Frederick Gardner. The story has not yet been
reproduced in any of its author's collected volumes.

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[The Warrior's Soul: 1920]

The Warrior's Soul / By / Joseph Conrad /
London : / Printed for the Author for Private
Circulation / By Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd. /
1920.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 40 ; consisting of Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse) pp.
I — ^4; and Text pp. 5 — 40. The headline is The
Warrior's Soul throughout, upon both sides of the
page. At the foot of p. 40 is the following imprint,
" London : / Printed for the Author. / Edition
limited to Twenty-five Copies." The signatures
are B and C (two double-sheets, each 8 leaves),
inset within an unsigned single-sheet of 4 leaves.

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC, 85

Issued in stiff pale-green paper wrappers, with the Title-
page reproduced upon the front. The leaves, which are
untrimmed, measure 8J X 6| inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed, each of which is numbered at the end
of the imprint.

The Watrior's Soul appeared in Land and Water, on March 29th,
191 7, with illustrations by Dudley Hardy. The story has not yet
been reproduced in any of its author's collected volumes.

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[Confidence: 1920]

Confidence / By / Joseph Conrad / London : /
Printed for the Author / By Richard Clay and
Sons, Ltd. / 1920.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 13 ; consisting of Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse) pp.
I — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 13. The reverse of p. 13
is blank. The book is completed by a leaf (with
blank reverse) and with the following imprint upon
its recto, " London : / Printed for the Author. /
Edition limited to Twenty -five Copies." The head-
line is Confidence throughout, upon both sides of
the page. There are no signatures, the pamphlet
consisting of a single double-sheet, folded to form
16 pages.

Issued in light stone-coloured paper wrappers, with the
Title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves, which
are untrimmed, measure 8| x 6| inches. Twenty-five

86 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

Copies only were printed, each of which is numbered at
the end of the imprint.

Previously printed in " The Golden Peace " number of The Daily
Mail, June 30 th, 1919-

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[Anatole France : 1920]

Anatole France / ** L'lle des Pingouins " / By /
Joseph Conrad / London : / Printed for the Author /
By Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd. / 1920.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. 10; consisting of Half-
title and Title-page (each with blank reverse)
pp. I — 4; and Text pp. 5 — 10. The book is
completed by a leaf, with blank reverse, and with
the following imprint upon its recto, " London : /
Printed for the Author. / Edition limited to Twenty-
five Copies." The headline is Anatole France
throughout, upon both sides of the page. There
are no signatures, the pamphlet consisting of a
single sheet of 4 leaves, inset within a half-sheet
of 2 leaves.

Issued in pale blue paper wrappers, with the Title-page
reproduced upon the front. The leaves, which are
untrimmed, measure 8| x 6^ inches. Twenty-five Copies
only were printed, each of which is numbered at the close
of the imprint.

Previously printed in the first number of The English Review,
December 1908.

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 87

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[The Rescue : 1920]

The Rescue / A Romance of the Shallows / By /
Joseph Conrad / \Pub Ushers device] / ' Alias ! ' quod
she, * that ever this sholde happe ! / For wende I never ^
by possibilitee, j That swich a monstre or merveille
mighte be I' j The Frankeleyn's Tale / Garden City
New York / Doubleday, Page & Company / 1920.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. viii + 404; consisting of
Half-title (with a list of Conrad's books upon the
reverse) pp. i — ii ; Title-page (with a notice
regarding the copyright upon the reverse) pp.
iii — iv; Dedication and Table of Contents (each
with blank reverse) pp. v — viii; and Text of the
novel pp. I — 404, including a separate fly-title (with
blank reverse) to each of the six Parts into which
the romance is divided. Following p. 404 is a leaf,
with blank reverse, and with the imprint of The
Country Life Press upon its recto.

Issued (on May 21st, 1920) in dark blue cloth boards,
with trimmed edges, lettered in gold across the back.
Also lettered and decorated in gold upon the front cover.
The pubhshed price was Two Dollars net.

The Rescue was planned and commenced so long ago as 1896,
when^ under the tentative title The Rescuer, a considerable portion
of the novel (about two-thirds of the whole) was written and -partly
set up in type. Mr. Conrad has stated that by successive diminu-

88 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

tions and corrections these two-thirds were reduced to a very little
more than half when at last the book was ready for publication.
By such conscientious and continued labour does the work of Joseph
Conrad attain its final wonder.

The Rescue first appeared in Land and Water, from January 30th
to July 31st, 1919^ inclusive, with illustrations by Maurice Greif-
fenhagen. The novel was also printed in America in Romance ^
from November 1919 to May 1920 inclusive.

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{First English Edition)

Joseph Conrad / The Rescue / {Publishers device] /
1920 / London & Toronto / J. M. Dent & Sons
Ltd. / Paris : J. M. Dent et Fils.

Collation : — Crovm octavo, pp. vi + 408 ; consisting of
Half-title (with blank reverse) pp. i — ^ii ; Title-
page, as above (with blank reverse) pp. iii — ^iv;
Table of Contents (with blank reverse) pp. v — vi ;
and Text of the novel pp. i — 408, including a
separate fly-title (with blank reverse) to each
of the six Parts into which the romance is divided.
At the foot of p. 408 is the following imprint,
*' The I Temple Press [a small ornament] Letchworth /
England." The signatures are A to 2 B (twenty-
five sheets, each 8 leaves), plus 2 C (a half -sheet
of 4 leaves), the whole preceded by an unsigned
half-sheet of 4 leaves, the first of which is a blank.
The title-page is enclosed within a rectangular ruled
frame, divided into two compartments.

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O^M'e-^^'^--*. /Jt^U. ^ ^,4,.„m„» L,4ai£t*CM. ^^^kl\^>t^ U»^*m,>^^'>»^lf\.f

Eeduced facsimile of the first page of the MS. of The Rescuer
[i.e. The Rescue'\.

THE RESCUE

A ROMANCE OF THE SHALLOWS

BY
JOSEPH CONRAD

'Alias!' quod she, ' that ever this sholde happe!

For wende I never, by possibilitee.

That swich a moastre or merveille mighte be! '

— ^The Fbamkeletn's Xalb

0\RDEN CITY NEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1920

Reduced facsimile of the title-page of the First Edition
of The Rescue.

JOSEPH CONRAD

THE

RESCUE

1920

LONDON & TORONTO

J. M. DENT Sf SONS LTD.

PARIS: J. M. DENT ET FILS

Reduced facsimile of the title-page of the First (privately
printed) English Edition of The Rescue.

THE

RESCUE

A ROMANCE OF THE
SHALLOWS

JOSEPH CONRAD

' Alias I " quod she, " that ever this sholde happel
For wende I never, by pos'iibilitee,
That swich a moDstre or merveille mighte be! "

The Frankeleyn's Talb.

1920

LONDON & TORONTO

J. M. DENT & SONS LTD.

PARIS: J. M. DENT ET FILS

Reduced facsimile of the title-page of the First
Published English Edition of The Rescue.

Issued (in June, 1920) in bright brick-red coloured limp
cloth covers, without either lettering or label. The leaves,
which were trimmed, measure 7f X 5 J inches.

Of this edition of The Rescue forty copies only were printed, and
were distributed privately. In addition to the interest attaching
to it as the First English Edition of the novel, the book is of consider-
able literary importance; its text differs both from that which
preceded it in America, and that which immediately succeeded it
in this country.

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[First English Published Edition)

The / Rescue / A Romance of the / Shallows / By /
Joseph Conrad / [Printers device'] / '' Alias P' quod
she, '' that ever this sholde happel j For wende I
never, by possibilitee, j That swich a monstre or
merveille mighte be I " / The Frankeleyn's Tale /
1920 / London & Toronto / J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. /
Paris: J. M. Dent et FIls.

Collation : — Crown octavo, pp. 416 ; consisting of Half-
title (with All rights reserved upon the centre of
the reverse) pp. i — 2; Title-page as above (with
blank reverse) pp. 3 — 4 ; Dedication and Table of
Contents (each with blank reverse) pp. 5 — 8; and
Text of the novel pp. 9 — 416, including a separate
fly-title (with blank reverse) to each of the six
Parts into which the romance is divided. The
imprint of the Temple Press is at the foot of the
last page.

94 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

Issued in sage green cloth boards, lettered in gold across
the back, and with the Aldine House device blind-stamped
upon the front cover. The published price was Nine
ShilUngs.

At the foot of the title-page of this edition of The Rescue, near
the right-hand margin, will be observed the figure ' (17).' Similar
numbers are to be found at the foot of other pages throughout the
book. These are control numbers; they were inserted in the
stereo-plates as a guide to the pressman when laying them down for
the printing machine.

For this edition of The Rescue the novel received its final
corrections.

Notes
I
In 191 5 a volume of Selections from the writings of Joseph
Conrad, arranged by Miss M. H. M. Capes, was published by
Messrs. Andrew Melrose, Ltd. Owing to questions of copyright
the book was immediately suppressed, and is now difficult to
obtain.

A uniform standard edition of the works of Joseph Conrad
is in preparation and will be published immediately by William
Heinemann. The edition will consist of 18 volumes, each numbered
and signed by the author, and the number of sets will be limited
to 750. For the several volumes Mr. Conrad has written special
introductions, and the text itself has been carefully and finally
revised.

A reprint of this edition will be published in America by Messrs.
Doubleday, Page & Co., but full details regarding it are not yet to
hand.

PART II

UNCOLLECTED CONTRIBUTIONS TO
PERIODICAL LITERATURE, Etc.

PART II

UNCOLLECTED CONTRIBUTIONS TO
PERIODICAL LITERATURE, Etc.

I can scarcely hope that I have succeeded in tracing every one
of Mr. Conrad's uncollected fugitive writings. I should^ therefore^,
be grateful for a note of any item (including letters to the Press)
which may chance to be absent from the following Hst.

(I)

The New York Times Supplement, August 24th, 1901.

A Letter to the Editor regarding his novel The
Inheritors.

(2)

The London Magazine, April 1908, pp. 121-125.

The Black Mate. A complete novel. Illustrated by
A. Mason.

(3)

The Times, August 23rd, 1909.

The Censorship of Plays. A Letter to John Gals-
worthy.

92 H

98 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD,

(4)

The Daily Mail, July i6th, 1910.

Existence after Death implied by Science. A
Review.

(5)
The Daily Mail, July 23rd, 1910.
Quiet Days in Spain. A Review.

(6)
The Daily Mail, July 30th, 1910.
The Ascending Effort. A Review.

(7)
The Times, November 7th, 1912.
The Future of Constantinople. A Letter to the Editor.

(8)
The Daily Mail, December loth, 1912.
A Friendly Place for Sailors. A contributed article.

(9)
The Westminster Gazette, February 3rd, 1914.
Joseph Conrad's First Novel.

A letter to the Editor, correcting a mistake made in a paragraph
by another writer in The Westminster Gazette for February 28th,
regarding the MS. of Almayer's Folly, and imparting information
respecting the writer's commands at sea.

EDITIONES PRINCIPE S, ETC. 99

(10)

The Daily Express, June loth, 1914.
Protect the Ocean Liners.

A Letter to the Editor regarding the disaster to the s.s. The
Empress of Ireland.

(II)
The Globe, June 13th, 1914.
Mr. Conrad replies.

A Letter to the Editor again dealing with the controversy aroused
by Conrad's article in The Illustrated London News upon the loss
of The Empress of Ireland. [See ante, Part I, No. 47,]

The above two letters possess additional interest as being the sole
examples of Conrad's style in controversy.

(12)

The Sydney Bulletin, March 23rd, 19 16.

A Letter to the Editor regarding a character in his
story Because of the Dollars.

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The Fledgling, No. i, June 1917. •

Never any More : A First and Last Flying Ex-
perience. A contributed article.

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Turgenev, a Study, by Edward Garnett, 1917,
pp. V — X.

A Foreword by Joseph Conrad.

loo BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

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The New Republic (U.S.A.), August 4th, 1918, p. 109.
Mr. Conrad is not a Jew.

A letter from Mr. Conrad addressed to a private correspondent.

The letter contains much of biographical importance^ and its
permanent preservation is strongly called for in the interest of truth.
Accordingly, with Mr. Conrad's sympathetic approval, I reproduce
it here in full.

A friend of Mr. Conrad's has kindly communicated to us the following
letter, denying some assertions that appeared in this country not long
ago—

" I imagine that Frank Harris called me a few in his publication as
a manner of insult, and in the hope of causing me extreme annoyance.

" But I don't feel annoyed in the least. Had I been an Israelite
I would never have denied being a member of a race occupying such
an unique place in the religious history of mankind. I send you this
disclaimer simply in the interest of truth.

" / imagine there is no scruple which would prevent Frank Harris
from calling me Mohammedan or a worshipper of Baal, for some reason
of his own, or from the mere love of lying. Neither is there anything
in him to prevent him calling me a forger, a burglar, a pickpocket, or
a card-sharper. This is a statement of fact which can be disproved as
follows —

" / am in possession of the following documents —

" (i) ^ passport in the name of Alexander II, Emperor of all the
Russias, and signed by Prince Galitzin, Governor of the Province,
granted in 1868 to my father, ' the Nobleman Appolinary N. Korzeni-
owski, and his son Conrad, aged ten years, to travel abroad for the
benefit of his health for three years,' etc., etc.

" (2) Copy of my parents' marriage certificate from the register of
the Roman Consistorium of the Government of Volhynia.

" (3) My baptismal certificate delivered in the usual way by the
officiating priest, and registered in the parish church.

"(4) The Act of Decease of my father (28 May, 1869, Cracow),

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. loi

delivered by the parish priest of that quarter of the town, minor canon of
the cathedral, stating distinctly that the deceased died in the Roman
Catholic religion, and duly shriven according to the rites of the church.

" (5) An official advice from the Burgomaster certifying that I had
been elected Burgess of the city of Cracow with the remission of the
usual fees, ' to honour the memory of his father as a Patriot and Man
of Letters/ and addressed to the Highborn Lady Teofila Bobrowska as
the {maternal) grandmother and the natural guardian of the minor
(1869) Conrad Korzeniowski.

" This last document establishes my descent on my mother^ s side.

" In sending these and other documents in 1884^ when I became a
British subject, my maternal uncle advised me that if I wanted to know
something more about my descent I would find it in the archives of the
Province of Podolia, relating mainly to the eighteenth century, but {he
wrote to me at the same time) that he had had researches made already,
which showed that during that century my paternal ancestors were men
of substance and what may be called ' prominent citizens' frequently
elected to provincial offices of trust, and forming alliances in their own
modest sphere after the usual several years' service in the armies of the
Republic. My paternal grandfather served in the Polish army from
181 7 to 1820^ when he sold his land in Podolia and came to live on
his wife's estate in Volhynia. Their fortune, which descended to my
father, his brother and his sister, was confiscated by the Russian
Government in consequence of the rebellion of 1863. Those are the
origins, and this is my history before my arrival in England. After
that it is carried on documentarily by a series of my discharges {V.G.
as to ' character,' and V.G. as to abilities) as seaman and officer in the
British Merchant Service up to the year 1894. From that time to the
present day it is carried on by my written and published pages, eighteen
volumes in all, which have obtained a certain amount of recognition.
The police of the County of Kent have nothing against me — in fact, if
anything, I am rather honourably known to them ; even to the extent
that one day when our car broke down on the road the son of our local
superintendent of police came out to the rescue — five miles — in his
own car, and was perfectly charming. But that may have been on
account of my wife, who is a very popular person, and — / may also
add — not a fewess.

" So if it pleases Frank Harris to declare me an anarchist, a forger
of bank notes or anything like that, I trust you will be good enough to
affirm to everybody that it can be disproved on documentary evidence.

" Joseph Conrad."

I02 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

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The Fortnightly Review, May 1919, pp. 657 — 669.

Poland : The Crime of Partition. A contributed
article.

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ISlew York Tribune, April 5th, 1920.
Joseph Conrad on Poland. The New Barbarism

THAT SHE fights ON BEHALF OF US ALL.

A letter from Mr. Conrad expressing his " gratification at the
thought that the unbroken Polish front keeps Bolshevism off/' etc.

PART III
CONRADIANA

PART III

CONRADIANA. COMPLETE VOLUMES
OF BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM

(I)
Joseph Conrad. The Romance of his Life and of
his Book. By Alfred A. Knopf, [n.d., but issued
in 1913.]

Collation : — Crown 8vo, pp. 24, with Portrait and other
Illustrations.

Issued by Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Co., in coloured
paper wrappers.

(2)

Joseph Conrad, A Study. By Richard Curie.

Author of " Aspects of George Me^xdith,'' '' Shadows

out of the Crowd,'' ''Life is a Dreamt With a

Frontispiece. . . . London, Kegan Paul, Trench,

Triibner & Co., Ltd. 19 14.

Collation : — Demy 8vo, pp. ix + 245, with a photo-
gravure portrait of Conrad as Frontispiece.

Issued in light blue cloth boards, gilt lettered.

In the same year the work was reprinted in America by Messrs.
Doubleday, Page & Co., but with a different Portrait as Frontispiece.

io6 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONRAD.

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The Romantic Story of Joseph Conrad. By E. F.
Saxton. [n.d., but issued in 191 5.]

Collation : — Crown 8vo, pp. 24, with Portrait and other
Illustrations.

Issued by Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Co., in coloured
paper wrappers. The Biographical and Autobiographical
matter included in this booklet is largely borrowed or
condensed from the Study of Joseph Conrad by Richard
Curie described above.

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Joseph Conrad. By Hugh Walpole. London,
Nisbet & Co., Ltd., 23 Berners Street, W. [n.d.,
but issued in 191 5.]

Collation : — Foolscap 8vo, pp. 127, with a Portrait-
frontispiece.

Issued in light blue cloth boards, lettered in gold and
black.

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Joseph Conrad. A short Study of his intellectual

and emotional attitude towards his work, and of the

chief characteristics of his novels. By Wilson

Follett. Privately Printed by Doubleday, Page

and Company, Garden City, New York. 191 5.

Collation : — Crown 8vo, pp. x + iii.

Issued in bright ohve-green paper boards, with white
paper labels on both back and front.

EDITIONES PRINCIPES, ETC. 107

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A / Bibliography / of / The Writings of / Joseph
Conrad / By / Thomas J. Wise / London : /
Printed for Private Circulation only / By Richard
Clay & Sons, Ltd. / 1920.

Collation : — Foolscap quarto, pp. xv + 107, with a
Portrait-frontispiece, and twenty-one facsimiles of
Title-pages and Manuscripts.

Issued in dark, reddish-brown boards, lettered across the
back, and with the Title-page reproduced upon the front.
One Hundred and Fifty Copies only were printed.

Note
Although the scheme of the present BibHography allows only
for the mention in this Part of Books and Pamphlets devoted
entirely to the Life and Writings of Joseph Conrad, it need hardly
be said that much of the best criticism of his work is to be found
in the columns of daily papers and reviews, and in volumes of
miscellaneous literary essays. The writings of Joseph Conrad have
been discussed by most of the leading critics of his time. Amongst
others, men so distinguished as Henry James, Edmund Gosse,
C.B., Sir Sidney Colvin, John Galsworthy, Sir Hugh Clifford,
Stephen Gwynne, John Freeman, J. M. Robertson, Ford Maddox
Hueffer, Arthur Symons, H. L. Mencken, James Huneker, Robert
Lynd and Stephen Reynolds have all written of him and of his
work at length.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES COMPLETED

The Bibliography of George Borrow, i Vol.

The Bibliography of the Members of the Bronte Family, i Vol.

The Bibliography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, i Vol.

The Bibliography of Robert Browning, i Vol.

The Bibliography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, i Vol.

The Bibliography of Joseph Conrad, i Vol.

The Bibliography of Walter Savage Landor, i Vol.

The Bibliography of John Ruskin, 2 Vols.

The Bibliography of Algernon Swinburne, 2 Vols.

The Bibliography of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 2 Vols.

The Bibliography of William Wordsworth, i Vol.

IN PREPARATION

The Bibliography of Lord Byron.

The Bibliography of John Dryden.

The Bibliography of John Gay.

The Bibliography of Alexander Pope.

The Bibliography of Matthew Prior.

The Bibhography of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

LONDON :

PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY

By Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd.

1920

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